SeeSALT Blog

Pillsbury SALT attorneys Carley Roberts, Robert P. Merten III, Jeff Phang, and Lexi Louderback recently published “How to Be Reasonable When Reasonably Approximating the Market: Part II”  in Tax Notes State. Read more here.

Pillsbury SALT attorney Zachary Atkins will present during Verizon’s Small Business Accelerator Program on January 19. This program is being put on by Verizon, with help from Pillsbury, Next Street and the Institute for Entrepreneurial Leadership. Sessions are scheduled at various dates over the next few months. Zack will be…

California Supreme Court holds that courts can entertain arguments that a BID assessment scheme violates certain provisions of Proposition 218 when raised by a party who did not articulate these objections in public hearings held to consider protests. On December 20, 2021, the California Supreme Court reversed the court of…

Pillsbury SALT partner Craig Becker will present during the California Alliance of Taxpayer Advocates Annual Conference on December 10. Craig is presenting on the topic, “The Changing Battle of Assessment Appeals in the Age of COVID-19.” The conference runs from December 8 – 10, 2021 and is being held at…

Pillsbury SALT attorneys Carley Roberts, Zachary Atkins, Robert Merten III, Aruna Chittiappa and Jeff Phang will present during the TEI Chicago Virtual State Income Tax Program on December 9. Pillsbury SALT is pleased to share three presentations during the TEI Chicago Virtual State Income Tax Program in December. State Income…

Pillsbury Special Counsel Zack Atkins was recently quoted in Tax Notes State and Law360 discussing the challenges presented by market-based sourcing. Read more here.

Pillsbury SALT attorneys Zachary Atkins and Evan Hamme will present during TEI’s Carolinas Chapter Meeting on November 12. Zachary and Evan will present on the topic, “Continuing Impact of COVID Nexus Issues.” This event is open to TEI Carolinas chapter members only.

Pillsbury SALT partners Jeffrey Vesely and Carley Roberts will present during the Annual Meeting of the California Tax Bar and California Tax Policy Conference November 3-5, 2021. The Annual Meeting of the California Tax Bar and California Tax Policy Conference will be taking place in San Diego and features an…

Pillsbury SALT partner Breann Robowski will present during this month’s California State Board of Equalization’s meeting on October 19-21, 2021. Breann serves as a significant contributor at the California State Board of Equalization (BOE) meetings. She presented at the September meeting, and is presenting again during October’s meeting on the…

On September 30, 2021, the Washington Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the state’s 1.2% Business & Occupation (“B&O”) surtax on large financial institutions.  Wash. Bankers Ass’n v. State, No. 98760-2 (Wash. 2021).  The surtax, which went into effect January 1, 2020, applies to every “specified financial institution,” which is…