Sales Tax Conference & Audit Session 2022 | Council On State Taxation (COST) | 8 March 2022 | Bellagio Hotel & Casino, 3600 S Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89109, USA

2 ½ day conference featuring presentations on the most recent transactional tax developments, initiatives and case law topics. The conference is targeted to sales and use tax professionals at all levels of experience. Includes breakouts that are specific in-depth discussions for maximum coverage of timely sales and use tax issues and transactional tax audit sessions – offering a state-by-state exchange of information on legislative, audit, judicial and regulatory issues.

2022 Speakers

MODERATORS:

Amy Thomas Laub
Director, Tax, Nationwide Insurance

Fredrick Nicely
Tax Counsel, Council On State Taxation

Patrick Reynolds
Senior Tax Counsel, COST

James Eads
Principal, Ryan Advocacy Texas

Harley Duncan
Consultant, KPMG

Karl Frieden
Vice President and General Counsel, COST

SPEAKERS:

Douglas Lindholm
President & Executive Director, COST

Robert Tuinstra
Chair, Corteva Agriscience, COST

Charles Drury
Vice-President & Chief Operating Officer, COST

Eugene Gibilaro
Of Counsel, Blank Rome

Darcy Kooiker
Executive Director, EY

David Pope
Partner, Baker McKenzie

Jamie Yesnowitz
Principal, Grant Thornton

Nicole Bryant
Principal, Grant Thornton

David Ebersole
Tax Attorney, Baker Hostetler

Fredrick Nicely
Tax Counsel, Council On State Taxation

Amy Thomas Laub
Director, Tax, Nationwide Insurance

Jonathan Jordan
Managing Director, DuCharme McMillan & Associates

Anthony Solomon
Indirect Tax Manager, American Water

Justin Springfield
KPMG

Zal Kumar
Partner, Mayer Brown

Mitchell Newmark
Partner, Blank Rome

Mike Shaikh
Partner, Baker McKenzie

Sandra Jacobs
Principal, KPMG

Will Thistle
Partner, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings

Michael Wasser
Managing Director - National Tax - Indirect Tax - State & Local, EY

John Goss
Principal, CKH CPAs & Advisors

Toni Mincic
Director Tax Audits & Appeals, Lumen Technologies

Diane Yetter
Founder, YETTER

Eric Fader
U.S. Indirect Tax Technical Leader, BDO

Jennifer Jensen
Partner, PwC

Zach Gladney
Partner, Alston & Bird

Michael Lurie
Associate - State Tax, Reed Smith

Mary Kay Martire
Partner, McDermott Will & Emery

Craig Johnson
Executive Director, Streamlined Sales Tax Governing Board

Carolynn Kranz
Chief Operating Officer, Industry Sales Tax Solutions

Patrick Reynolds
Senior Tax Counsel, COST

Karl Frieden
Vice President and General Counsel, COST

Curtis Osterloh
Attorney/Partner, Scott

Sam Guevara
Tax Technology - Practice Leader, Ryan

Brian Little
Partner, Deloitte

Mark Loyd
Partner + Co-Leader, Tax National Practice Group, Dentons

Carley Roberts
Partner, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman

John Allan
Partner, State and Local Tax, Jones Day

Charles Kearns
Partner, Eversheds Sutherland

Alysse McGloughlin
Partner, Jones Walker

Will Ault
Director, Crowe

Phil Horwitz
State and Local Tax Director, Moss Adams

Susan Haffield
Tax Partner, PwC

Ashley Rivera
Associate, Reed Smith

Terry Frederick
Partner, Barnwell Consulting

Stephen Long
Tax Partner, Baker McKenzie

Andrew Colson
Partner, RSM

Jeremy Hayden
Partner, Taft Stettinius & Hollister

Robert Wood
Partner, Deloitte

PANELISTS:

Gilbert Brewer
Senior Assistant Director for Tax Policy, Washington Department of Revenue

Guy Childers
Member, Streamlined Sales Tax Governing Board

Ray Langenberg
Partner, Scott, Douglass & McConnico, LLP

Nikki Dobay
Partner, Eversheds Sutherland (US)

Stephanie Gilfeather
Director of Indirect Tax, Expedia Group

Leonore Heavey
Louisiana Senate Deputy Chief of Staff Office, Chief Revenue Counsel

Sarah McGahan
Managing Director, State & Local Tax, KPMG

2022 Sponsor

• COST