Members of our SALT team are excited to present at COST’s 2025 Spring Conference and Audit Sessions, held in New Orleans, LA from April 28 to May 1. Sessions will cover a wide range of topics, including digital products, transfer pricing, sales tax calculation solutions, and the application of AI and machine learning in state tax, among others.

Sessions and speakers from our team include:

• Emerging Issues in Administrative Deference – Jonathan Feldman
  This session will explore how much consideration taxpayers should give to various types of administrative guidance from state taxing authorities and how courts’ views of administrative guidance have been shifting in favor of taxpayers in recent years.
• Transfer Pricing and Intercompany Transactions – Documentation, Documentation, Documentation – Eric Tresh
  This session will explore the essential practices for documenting intercompany transactions from the outset, ensuring records are thorough and accurate to withstand audit scrutiny. It will also cover effective strategies for working with auditors to ensure that documentation is understood and any proposed adjustments align with the facts and applicable laws.
• Best Practices in Maintaining Your Sales Tax Calculation Solutions – Charlie Kearns
  This session will focus on the importance of regularly reviewing and updating your sales tax calculation solution. 
• Constitutional Issues – Jeff Friedman
  This session will delve into the constitutional challenges asserted by taxpayers. It will also discuss federal laws that preempt state taxes under the Supremacy Clause.

For more information and to register, visit the COST website. We look forward to seeing you there!