WASHINGTON, D.C.– March 13, 2023 – Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP State & Local Tax (SALT) Practice Of Counsel DeAndré R. Morrow will speak at the 2023 American Bar Association – Institute for Professionals in Taxation (ABA-IPT) Advanced Sales & Use Tax Seminar on a panel titled “Running a Successful Sales and Use Tax Audit/Protest” March 15 at 1:30 p.m.
The panel will discuss the steps of a sales and use tax audit from beginning to end. The panelists will discuss common practices to ensure the audit experience is seamless, including decisions to extend the statute of limitations, when to include upper management in the decision-making process, and the best format to get the state all the information it needs for a thorough and efficient audit.
Morrow focuses his practice on state and local tax issues, including Maryland, Virginia, and District of Columbia taxes. He has counselled clients on a wide range of state and local tax matters including sales and use, income, property, franchise, motor fuel, documentary transfer, and transient occupancy taxes. Morrow represents clients before state and local tax agencies at the audit, collection, appeals, and litigation stages.
About Greenberg Traurig’s Global Tax Practice: Greenberg Traurig’s multidisciplinary Tax Practice provides a full range of tax legal services, including planning, restructuring, and representation before the Internal Revenue Service and state and local revenue authorities, from pre-dispute into litigation. Our client base includes large multinational corporations; privately-owned businesses; financial institutions; exempt organizations; and individual taxpayers, including high-net-worth individuals and entrepreneurs. Our team’s diverse background and prior experience, including in private industry, government, and private practice, allow our tax attorneys to meet the challenges of today’s difficult tax enforcement environment and develop and offer practical legal counsel.
About Greenberg Traurig's State and Local Tax (SALT) Practice: Greenberg Traurig’s SALT Practice assists companies in need of state and local tax counsel whether in a single location or multiple locations throughout the United States. With the largest footprint of any law firm in the United States, the SALT Practice has attorneys in 16 of the firm’s domestic offices, including California, Colorado, Delaware, Illinois, Florida, New York, Oregon, and Texas. Our breadth of experience across the full SALT spectrum allows us to offer a wide range of services, including counseling and controversy. We also regularly partner with the firm’s nationally recognized Government Law and Policy Practice to help shape the tax law which affects our clients most.
About Greenberg Traurig: Greenberg Traurig, LLP has more than 2650 attorneys in 44 locations in the United States, Europe, Latin America, Asia, and the Middle East. The firm is a 2022 BTI “Highly Recommended Law Firm” for superior client service and is consistently among the top firms on the Am Law Global 100 and NLJ 250. Greenberg Traurig is Mansfield Rule 5.0 Certified Plus by The Diversity Lab. The firm is recognized for powering its U.S. offices with 100% renewable energy as certified by the Center for Resource Solutions Green-e® Energy program and is a member of the U.S. EPA’s Green Power Partnership Program. The firm is known for its philanthropic giving, innovation, diversity, and pro bono. Web: www.gtlaw.com.