In Georgia and throughout the country, Scott helps clients minimize tax liability and protect their interests in regards to state and local tax issues.
He has an extensive knowledge of sales and use taxes, income taxes, and property taxes; Scott also handles cases involving utility taxes, employment taxes, transfer taxes and gross receipts taxes.
He monitors state rulings, legislation, and court decisions that impact taxpayers and guides his clients in a broad range of substantive issues—from business restructuring and transactional tax planning, to constitutional questions such as nexus, discrimination against interstate commerce, and unitary combination. Scott represents clients from numerous industries, including manufacturing, health care, energy, banking and finance, insurance, transportation, timber and retail.
- Advised in the sale of a majority equity interest in Element Markets, LLC to TPG’s The Rise Fund.
- Represented Consolidated Edison Development Inc. in connection with its acquisition of a Texas solar project for $227 million from OCI Solar Power.
- Represents the Georgia Traditional Manufacturers Association in legislative and regulatory matters involving Georgia state taxes.
- Represented a packaging manufacturer in a Georgia sales tax manufacturing exemption refund claim.
- Advises a Fortune Global 250 automotive manufacturer on Georgia alternative apportionment agreements.
- State Tax Issues in M&A, June 6, 2023, TEI Atlanta SALT Day
- An Update on Georgia’s Legislative Session and the SALT Landscape, April 13, 2023
- Eastern States Update, September 23, 2021, COST Property Tax Workshop and Webinar
- What's Hot - Nationwide Property Tax Developments that Impact Business, September 22, 2021, COST Property Tax Workshop and Webinar
- Virtual Property Tax Developments and Trends to Watch, February 9, 2021, IPT Atlanta Local Luncheon
- Special Report: Property Tax Emerging Issues/Trends, July 30, 2019, COST State Indirect Tax Seminar
- Recent and Significant Court Cases, July 15, 2019, SEATA Annual Conference
- SEATA 2019 Conference, July 14-17, 2019
- Scoreboard Review: Impact of Recent State Tax Cases on Your Litigation, May 22, 2019,
2019 Audit and Appeals Conference
- SALT Post-TCJA Litigation and Administrative Developments, May 14, 2019, Nashville TEI Spring Seminar
- All the Right Moves: Understanding and Communicating the State Tax Consequences of Corporate Expansion, December 12, 2018, Council on State Taxation (COST)
- Georgia Tax Developments, November 29, 2018, Georgia Society of CPAs
- Audits & Appeals Seminar: State and Local Tax Controversy, May 2-3, 2018, Tax Executives Institute (TEI)
- TEI Atlanta Half-Day SALT Program, June 27, 2017, Tax Executives Institute
- TEI’s Audits & Appeals Seminar: Managing State and Local Tax Controversies, May 3, 2017
- Sutherland SALT Financial Services Roundtable, October 5, 2011, Sutherland
- Named to The Best Lawyers in America in the areas of litigation & controversy – tax (2012-2021, 2023-2024), tax law (2009-2021, 2023-2024) and insurance law (2023)
- Recognized by Chambers USA: Guide to Leading Business Lawyers in the area of tax (2010-2023)
- Selected for inclusion in Georgia Super Lawyers® (2004, 2019-2021)
- Recognized by The Legal 500 United States in the area of US taxes: contentious (2020)
- Recognized as "Lawyer of the Year" by The Best Lawyers in America in the area of litigation and controversy: tax (2018-2019)
- Selected for inclusion in Georgia Super Lawyers® “Rising Stars” (2007)
- Recipient, ABC Pro Bono Award for service to the nonprofit community, State Bar of Georgia (2001)
- Member, Tax Section, American Bar Association
- Member, Tax Section, Georgia Bar Association
- Member, Board of Directors, Tax Section, Atlanta Bar Association
- Member, Board of Directors, Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation
- Past Member, Business Advisory Board, Georgia Department of Revenue
- Georgia
- B.A., Emory University
- J.D., magna cum laude, University of Georgia School of Law,
Articles Editor, Georgia Law Review, Order of the Coif
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