For our first quarterly webcast in 2025, speakers from our Indirect, Washington Council Ernst & Young (WCEY) and Quantitative Economics and Statistics (QUEST) groups will provide an update on the current state of the states and discuss important state tax policy considerations that are emerging in 2025, as well as federal tax and trade policy developments that could affect state and local taxes.

Topics will include:

• State and local revenue and fiscal conditions
• Governors’ budget initiatives
• State and local tax legislative and administrative proposals and trends
• Federal policy developments that could affect state tax policy decisions
• Extension of Tax Cuts and Jobs Act provisions and other potential federal tax law changes
• Federal tax credits and incentives
• Federal trade policy
• Federal and state sustainability initiatives, including increased interest in the creation of state superfunds

Please join us for this 90-minute, interactive webcast. We welcome and encourage you to ask questions.

Date: Tuesday, March 11, 2025

Time: 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. ET New York; 10:00–11:30 a.m. PT Los Angeles

Registration: Register for this event.

Panelists

• Ray Beeman, Leader, Washington Council Ernst & Young, Ernst & Young LLP, Washington, DC
• Sergio Fontenelle, Global Trade, Ernst & Young LLP, New York, NY
• Andrew Phillips, QUEST Co-leader, Ernst & Young LLP, Washington, DC
• Scott Roberti, Indirect, State and Local Tax Policy Services Leader, Ernst & Young LLP, Stamford, CT
• David Sawyer, Indirect, State and Local Tax, Ernst & Young LLP, Atlanta, GA

Moderator

• Karen Currie, Leader, State Income Tax, Ernst & Young LLP, Dallas, TX

CPE credit offered: up to 1.8 depending on actual duration. Recommended field of study: Taxes. Learning objectives: Discuss the fiscal health of the states, governors’ tax proposals, state tax policy trends emerging in 2025, and federal tax policy developments that could affect state and local taxes and drive state and local tax policy decisions. This intermediate level, group internet-based course has no prerequisites or advanced preparation. Final CPE award to be based on content, polling and length of participation. See CPE FAQ for more information.

EY webcast managed and produced by Ernst & Young LLP’s Tax Technical Knowledge Services Group, Washington, DC: Lynn Fairfax | lynn.fairfax@ey.com and Barbara Kirchheimer | barbara.kirchheimer@ey.com

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