2022
Mass. SJC Affirms U.S. Auto Parts’ Victory in Closely Watched State Tax Dispute
David Swetnam-Burland / 0 CommentsOn December 22, 2022, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, in a unanimous opinion written by Justice Wendlandt, held that the Massachusetts Department of Revenue cannot apply the U.S. Supreme Court’s opinion in South Dakota v. Wayfair retroactively against Brann & Isaacson client, U.S. Auto Parts Network, Inc. The Court held that the Department’s Internet Vendor...
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2022
Nathaniel Bessey and Jamie Szal Pen Cover Article for Tax Notes State
David Swetnam-Burland / 0 CommentsTax Notes State has featured an article by partners Nathaniel Bessey and Jamie Szal on the cover of the January 10, 2022, issue. In “The Local Disadvantage,” Bessey and Szal discuss the disparate approaches states and localities with highly complex local tax systems have taken in the aftermath of the Supreme Court opinion in South...
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2021
B&I-Authored Article Featured on the Cover of Tax Notes State
David Swetnam-Burland / 0 CommentsAn article by Brann & Isaacson managing partner Martin Eisenstein, partner David Swetnam-Burland, and summer associate Matthew Pick, who will join the firm as an associate in September 2022, entitled “Post-Wayfair, Franchise Taxes Still Fail Complete Auto Inspection” (subscription required), is featured on the cover of the October 18, 2021, issue of Tax Notes State....
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2021
Martin Eisenstein and David Swetnam-Burland Present to National Association of Presort Mailers on Tax and Privacy Issues
David Swetnam-Burland / 0 CommentsOn February 17, 2021, managing partner Martin Eisenstein and partner David Swetnam-Burland presented a webinar at the Virtual Annual Conference of the National Association of Presort Mailers (NAPM), moderated by Hamilton Davison of the American Catalog Mailers Association. In the Sales Tax and Data Privacy Update, Eisenstein talked about key issues in state sales tax...
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2021
Brann & Isaacson Wins Summary Judgment for U.S. Auto Parts in Massachusetts Tax Dispute
David Swetnam-Burland / 0 CommentsOn January 28, 2021, the Massachusetts Appellate Tax Board granted summary judgment in favor of Brann & Isaacson client, U.S. Auto Parts, and abated a sales tax assessment dating to October 1, 2017. The Massachusetts Department of Revenue had assessed U.S. Auto Parts, which did not have a physical presence in Massachusetts, under its Internet Vendor...
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2020
Jamie Szal Featured on ABA’s People in Tax Podcast
David Swetnam-Burland / 0 CommentsB&I attorney Jamie Szal was a guest on a recent episode of the American Bar Association Section of Taxation’s Tax Times podcast. In the episode, Szal discussed the ins and outs of State and Local Tax (SALT) practice; life after the Supreme Court’s opinion in South Dakota v. Wayfair; the perspective of women with a...
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2020
B&I Attorneys Present Webinar on the Chaos in State Tax Law, Post-Wayfair
David Swetnam-Burland / 0 CommentsOn April 30, 2020, Brann & Isaacson senior partner George Isaacson, partner Nathaniel Bessey, and associate Jamie Szal, were featured presenters at a webinar on “Confronting the Chaos of State Taxes in the Post-Wayfair Environment,” offered by the Institute of Finance & Management. Isaacson, who represented Wayfair in the Supreme Court in South Dakota v....
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2019
George Isaacson, Martin Eisenstein, and David Bertoni Published in State Tax Notes and Law360
David Swetnam-Burland / 0 CommentsThis week has seen a flurry of publications by Brann & Isaacson partners on key issues in state tax law as we near the end of 2019. On December 13, 2019, Law360 published an article by managing partner Martin I. Eisensteinand partner David W. Bertoni entitled, “Beware Eroding Tax Protections for Website Operators” (subscription required)....
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2019
Eisenstein and Schaefer Critique Alaska Municipal Tax Agreement in Law360
David Swetnam-Burland / 0 CommentsIn their article published by Law360 on November 27, 2019, “Alaska Tax Agreement Only Burdens Remote Retailers” (subscription required), managing partner Martin I. Eisenstein and partner Matthew P. Schaefer discuss the formation by 15 Alaska municipalities of the Alaska Remote Seller Tax Commission and the potential impact of the Alaska Intergovernmental Remote Seller Sales Tax...
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2019
Martin Eisenstein Addresses the Institute for Professionals in Taxation
David Swetnam-Burland / 0 CommentsOn November 13, 2019, managing partner Martin Eisenstein presented on the challenges and opportunities of the Supreme Court’s South Dakota v. Wayfair decision at the Credits & Incentives Symposium of the Institute for Professionals in Taxation (IPT) in Seattle. He discussed the potential state tax issues for all companies as a result of Wayfair, including...
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