James is the state & local tax (SALT) Sr. Manager for the Phoenix, AZ and Las Vegas, NV offices of RSM US LLP. He brings over 25 years experience in the specialized field of state and local taxes. Prior to joining our Firm, James worked in public SALT positions with two Big Four firms and large corporate tax departments.
James has extensive sales/use and income/franchise tax experience, especially in Arizona, Nevada and New Mexico. His breadth of skills includes tax restructuring, managing multi-state tax audit representation and compliance projects for multinational corporations, recovering tax refunds for clients and conducting relocation studies for companies.
James also has experience in controversy, nexus and unitary studies, multistate return reviews, credits, and tax fiscal impact studies. James is a frequent speaker on state and local tax issues, including speeches before the Tax Executives Institute (“TEI”), Lorman Education Systems, and the Committee on State Taxation (“COST”).