In this episode of SALTovation, Meredith Smith and Judy Vorndran speak with Masha Yevzelman, Litigator at Fredrikson & Byron, P.A. She shares her journey into the field of law and discusses the various areas of law she practices, including tax disputes and litigation, and the increasing trend of audits and enforcement in state and local tax. Masha talks about her experiences with audits and trends in the field, including the increase in Nexus audits and residency audits. She also provides insights on remote employee compliance and the impact of marketplace laws.

Topics discussed in this episode:

• The increasing trend of audits and enforcement in state and local tax
• Licensure issues when practicing in multiple states
• The potential impact of new legislation in Minnesota
• The challenges and compliance issues related to remote employees
• The Wayfair decision and marketplace laws

Quotables:

• “I'm seeing marketplace audits, because of the proliferation of the marketplace laws across the country, faster than anything has ever happened in the history of state and local tax, in two years.” -Masha Yevzelman [06:14]

• "I think in terms of audit trends, I think they're going to be going after 86 to 72 really hard, and that is getting litigated, and it's going to be litigated more and more.” -Masha Yevzelman [08:33]

• "I tell some of my clients it's three thousand a year in compliance costs to hire a remote employee. I'm sorry that you didn't realize your agnostic hiring policy was going to create all this compliance. You're there and you may not make any money, but you still have all these compliance duties.” -Masha Yevzelman [19:40]

• “I think remote work is a really big space right now in the advice side because I think the taxpayers and clients are kind of trying to figure out what do we do with all these remote workers. I think that will transition to the states doing something about it, too.” -Masha Yevzelman [20:34]

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