January 2012

Webinar: State Tax Planning — What You Should Know About Sales Tax on Services

This webinar will provide the latest information on important changes to state and local tax (SALT). The presenters will review various topics that affect businesses with multistate operations. 

Sales tax — it happens every month. Even if you’re a service provider, you need to be concerned. Actually, maybe even more concerned. With states desperate for new revenue, they are looking to subject more and more services to sales tax. This seminar will provide attendees with an overview of sales tax on common services and the latest and greatest information on digital goods. This webinar was originally presented on February 7, 2012.

Webinar topics and takeaways include:

• Sales Tax overview
• Common services subject to sales tax 
• Mixed transactions: What is being sold? Services or property?
• The digital age: Is it software? A service? Something else?
• Luxury services: Really, you’re taxing my yoga class?
• SALT legislative update

Presenters:

Deb Rood, CPA, MST, is the Practice Leader of Blackman Kallick’s State and Local Tax (SALT) Practice. She is a frequent speaker on state and local tax issues for professional and business groups. Deb has authored articles for professional journals and is a regular contributor to Blackman Kallick’s tax publication, Tax Highlights. She consults with clients on state and local issues including, but not limited to, compliance, nexus, voluntary disclosure and examination issues.

Jennifer A. Zimmerman, JD, is an attorney in the SALT Practice Group at Horwood Marcus & Berk, where she concentrates her practice in state and local tax planning and the resolution of state and local tax controversies for multi-state and multi-national corporations. She has advised Fortune 500 companies as well as mid-size and closely-held businesses that engage in a variety of industries on issues related to all types of state and local tax, including, but not limited to, income tax, sales/use tax, franchise tax, public utility and fuel taxes, and unclaimed property. 

More about Blackman’s SALT Practice.

More about Horwood’s SALT Practice. 

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*CLE credit is available pending specific state approval. For questions please contact Carolyn Sprinchorn at csprinchorn@hmblaw.com or 312-606-3200 x4126.