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New Orleans Marriott
New Orleans Marriott, 555 Canal St, New Orleans, LA 70130, USA

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Event Date Wed May 3 EDT - Fri May 5 EDT (over 1 year ago)
Location New Orleans Marriott
555 Canal St, New Orleans, LA 70130, USA
Region Americas
Details

This event has brought together the nation's top tax professionals to address the challenging and complex domain of telecommunications taxation, regulatory compliance and fees.

The program typically attracts between 300 and 400 tax professionals from all sectors of the communications and technology industry -- including wireline, mobile, cable, Internet, VoIP, enterprise services as well as cloud, social media and content providers. See the list of attending companies from last year's program below.

Why you should attend:
• Whether you are new to communications taxes and regulatory compliance, or an industry veteran, the experts at Communications Taxation will show you how to lower your tax bill, improve compliance, streamline tax operations, pro actively prepare for audits, better defend your company's audit position, leverage case studies/precedent to lower liabilities, manage digital/cloud/content offerings, prepare for "what's next" and -- most importantly -- network with your industry peers to learn and share experiences.

Speakers

2023 Speakers

Jackie Mchugh
Marashlian & Donahue, Pllc

Allison Rule
Marashlian & Donahue, Pllc

Steve Augustino
Nelson Mullins Riley and Scarborough Llp

Brita Strandberg
Strandberg Strategy

Nausher Hoodbhoy 
Partner, PwC 

Justin Harrison 
Senior Manager, PwC 

Rudy Blahnik
Managing Director, EY

Natalie Haynes
Partner, EY

Steve Vitale
Senior Manager, EY

Victoria Lam
Manager, EY

Jamie Brenner
Partner, PwC State and Local Tax

Matthew Labovich
Partner, PwC US Analytics Insights Leader

Bret Greenstein
Partner, PwC Data Analytics and AI

Jonathan Marashlian
Managing Partner, The CommLaw Group (Moderator)

Lindsay Stern
Attorney & Public Policy, INCOMPAS

Greg Guice
Director of Public Affairs, Public Knowledge

Steve Lacoff
VP & GM, Telecommunications & Media, Avalara

Toby Bargar
Senior Tax Strategist, Avalara

Adam Cline
Moss Adams

Audra Mitchell
Managing Director, KPMG

Trent Morgan
Manager, KPMG

John Barnes
Sr. Director, Transaction Tax, T-Mobile

Curtis Carter
Manager, US Communication Tax, Google

Mark Lammert, CPA
President & CEO, Compliance Solutions

Kathy Saxton
Multistate Tax Service, Deloitte Tax LLP

Justin Gulotta
Multistate Tax Service, Deloitte Tax LLP

Dan Stumpf
Manager, Tax Controversy, T-Mobile

Eric Schaefer
Practice Lead, Technology & Communications, CereTax

Joel Lennox
Manager CLA, Tax and Transaction Tax

Joe Solana
Principal CLA, Telecommunications Industry

Dustin Davis
Principal, Ryan

Tod Matthiessen
Ryan

Eric Tresh
Eversheds Sutherland

Liz Cha
Eversheds Sutherland

Frank Giovannone 
Senior Manager, PwC

Kiran Seshagiri 
SAP Practice Leader, Vertex Inc.

Kevin Boyer
EY Retired Partner/Contractor

Rick Heller
Managing Director, SALT Telecommunications & Cloud Services, Deloitte

David Rubenstein
Senior Tax Specialist - Telecommunications, CCH

Jeremy Blocher
Partner, KPMG

John Vann
Senior Manager, KPMG

Steve King
Senior Manager, External Tax Policy, T-Mobile

DeAnna DiNapoli
Senior Manager, PwC

Steven Frazee
Senior Manager, KPMG

Jacob Crabtree
Manager, KPMG

Maria Todorova
Partner, Eversheds Sutherland

Brandi Drake
Director, Transaction Tax, Charter Communications

Arti Deliaj
Principal, PwC

Nicholas Carey
Manager, PwC

Brent Jay
Director Taxation, TELUS Corporation

Brad Ashby
Senior Manager Transaction Taxes, Finance, T-Mobile

Rob Morse
Director, PwC

Scott Adams
AVP Tax, AT&T

Liz Bopp
Managing Director, PwC

Tiffany DeBerry
Senior Tax Manager, T-Mobile

Kiran Seshagiri
Vertex – SAP Practice leader – SAP Consulting

Sponsors & Partners

2023 Sponsors

LEAD SPONSOR:
• Compliance Solutions

ASSOCIATE SPONSORS:
• Avalara
• Vertex
• PwC
• KPMG
• CLA
• Eversheds Sutherland
• Deloitte

OTHER EXHIBITORS AND SPONSORS:
• Wolters Kluwer
• EY
• Ceretax
• Eversheds Sutherland
• Marashlian & Donahue
• Ryan
• Tax Connex
• P&N
• eTaxSys