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"The Struggles of Applying Traditional Tax Laws to Today's Digital Economy"

Thursday, June 1
8:00 a.m.–3:30 p.m.

Laurence E. Hirsch ’71 Classroom (Room 101)
John F. Scarpa Hall
ÄÌÌÇÖ±²¥ University Charles Widger School of Law

The ÄÌÌÇÖ±²¥ University Graduate Tax Program hosts its First Annual State and Local Tax (SALT) Forum at ÄÌÌÇÖ±²¥ Law on Thursday, June 1. This event will bring together SALT thought leaders from around the country to openly discuss the relevant policy, practice, procedural and technical issues.  

This year's SALT Forum, "The Struggles of Applying Traditional Tax Laws to Today's Digital Economy," will feature a wide array of well-known in-house accounting and legal practitioners, and panels will be moderated by adjunct faculty members of the Graduate Tax Program. 

The Pennsylvania Continuing Legal Education Board has approved this symposium for 5 Substantive CLE credits. This event is approved for 5 CPE credits. In-person registration is now closed, but virtual attendance and an option to join the waitlist is available. 

Agenda

Subject to change

8:00 a.m.: Registration & Breakfast

8:25 a.m.: Opening Remarks

• Mark C. Alexander, The Arthur J. Kania Dean and Professor of Law

8:30–9:30 a.m.: Panel 1 – Digital Economy Controversies

• , Senior Vice President, State & Local Tax, Comcast and Adjunct Professor, Graduate Tax Program
• , Partner, State & Local Tax, Eversheds Sutherland LLP
• , Director, U.S. State Local & Indirect Tax, Newell Brands
• Moderated by , Shareholder & SALT Practice Co-Chair, Chamberlain Hrdlicka

9:30–10:45 a.m.: Panel 2 – Deciphering Taxation of Cloud Computing

• , State & Local Tax Practice Leader, RKL
• , SALT Consultant
• , Senior Deputy Attorney General, Office of Attorney General, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
• , Director of State & Local Tax, Global Tax Management and Adjunct Professor, Graduate Tax Program
• , Director of State & Local Tax, Urban Outfitters, Inc. 
• Moderated by , Tax Principal & Atlantic Region SALT Practice Leader, BDO USA, LLP and Adjunct Professor, Graduate Tax Program

10:45–11:00 a.m.: Break

11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.: Panel 3 – Sourcing Receipts from the Sale of Intangibles

• , Director, State & Local Tax, Grant Thornton LLP and Adjunct Professor, Graduate Tax Program
  
• , Senior Manager, National Tax Department, Ernst & Young LLP
• , Head of State and Local Tax, Warner Bros. Discovery
• Moderated by , Senior Policy Analyst, City of Philadelphia Department of Revenue and Adjunct Professor, Graduate Tax Program

12:00–1:00 p.m.: Lunch with Keynote Speaker

• , General Counsel, Multistate Tax Commission
• Moderated by Michael Semes '90 JD, Of Counsel, BakerHostetler LLP and Professor of Practice, Graduate Tax Program

1:00–1:15 p.m.: Break

1:15–2:30 p.m.: Panel 4 – Legislative Obstacles to Keeping Pace with Business

• , President & Executive Director, Council On State Taxation
• , Managing Director, State & Local Tax, KPMG US
• , US State Policy Services Leader, Ernst & Young LLP
• , Vice President of State Projects, Tax Foundation
• Moderated by , Managing Director, State & Local Tax, GrantThorton LLP and Adjunct Professor, Graduate Tax Program

2:30–3:30 p.m.: Panel 5 – Judicial Barriers to Applying Traditional Laws to New Business

• , President Judge Emerita, Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court
• Hon. Mala Sundar, Presiding Judge, New Jersey Tax Court
• Hon. Anthony Wisniewski, Chief Judge, Maryland Tax Court 
  
• Moderated by Michael Semes '90 JD, Of Counsel, BakerHostetler LLP and Professor of Practice, Graduate Tax Program

3:30 p.m.: Conclusion