FOSTER CITY, Calif.– Aug. 16, 2023 – Greenberg Traurig, LLP Tax Practice Shareholders Nikki E. Dobay, Bradley R. Marsh, and Shail P. Shah will speak at the Council on State Taxation (COST) 2023 State and Local Tax Workshop for Technology Companies Aug. 17 in Foster City, California.
The conference will cover important state and local tax issues that startup and established technology companies may face. Issues that will be covered include digital service taxes, streaming, marketplace facilitators, digital business inputs, and more.
Dobay will speak on a panel titled “Video Streaming, Lodging, and Other Local Tax Issues,” which will focus on issues with local transactional taxes as they relate to tax video streaming services. Marsh will participate in a panel titled “Mitigating Tech Industry Property Taxes and Tax Incentive Issues,” which focuses on valuation issues faced by technology companies, and Shah will present on “California’s Office of Tax Appeals – Update,” discussing the OTA’s controversy resolution litigation processes.
Dobay is nationally known for her deep experience and understanding of state tax policy and the legislative process. She also advises her clients on sophisticated multistate tax issues as well as the consequences and planning opportunities related to corporate mergers and acquisitions transactions and oversees state and local tax controversy matters, ranging from audits to appellate litigation, and involving sales and use taxes, income and franchise taxes, property taxes, and constitutional issues.
Marsh is co-managing shareholder of the firm’s San Francisco office and focuses his practice on tax controversy matters, including property, sales, payroll, business license, employment, franchise, parcel, district, documentary transfer, transient occupancy, utility user, income, parking, gift and estate taxes. He serves as a co-chair of the U.S. State and Local Tax (SALT) Practice. Marsh represents clients in audits, litigation, and administrative hearings, as well as analyzing transactions and business models, and developing strategies for legislative resolutions.
Shah has been helping clients address California tax problems for more than 15 years. His clients range from Fortune 25 companies to high-net-worth individuals. Shah focuses his practice on complex California tax planning and representation in front of the California Franchise Tax Board, California Department of Taxation and Fee Administration, Office of Tax Appeals, Board of Equalization, and various administrative and judicial adjudicating forums at both the state and local levels. Shah provides advice on both proactive residency planning and residency audit defense.
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.
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