Insights from the EY Center for Tax Policy

For our final quarterly webcast in 2025, we welcome Craig Johnson, the Executive Director of the Streamlined Sales Tax Governing Board, Inc. (SST), and Fred Nicely, Senior Tax Counsel with the Council on State Taxation, who will join us to discuss the collaborative efforts of state and local governments and the business community to streamline states’ sales and use tax laws by creating more uniformity and simplifying sales and use tax administration. Among the topics they will discuss are:

• Key provisions of the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement
• SST policies, processes and current projects
• Benefits to states and taxpayers from involvement with the SST project and how to get involved

Panelists also will discuss hot topics in sales and use tax risk management in select states, including discussions on tax base differences between state and local jurisdictions, regulatory developments and enforcement policies of interest to multijurisdictional entities.

We will round out the webcast with a state and local tax policy discussion. Topics to be discussed include an update on the current state of the states, results from the November 2025 state elections, trends from 2025 state legislative sessions and the policy considerations going into the 2026 legislative sessions.

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

Date: Wednesday, December 17, 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.

Special guest

• Craig Johnson, Executive Director of the Streamlined Sales Tax Governing Board, Inc, Westby, WI
• Fred Nicely, Senior Tax Counsel with the Council on State Taxation, Washington, DC

Panelists

• Randy Ferris, Indirect, State and Local Tax, Ernst & Young LLP, Sacramento, CA
• Emily Fiore, Indirect, State and Local Tax, Ernst & Young LLP, Chicago, IL
• Scott Roberti, Indirect, State and Local Tax Policy Services Leader, Ernst & Young LLP, Stamford, CT
• Michael Wasser, Indirect, State and Local Tax, Ernst & Young LLP, Boston, MA

Moderator

• Natalie Haynes, Indirect, State and Local Sales and Use Tax Leader, Ernst & Young LLP, St. Louis, MO

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, state budgets, state tax policy trends in 2025, state tax policy considerations for 2026, state tax developments in select states of interest to multistate businesses. Describe the SST Governing Board and discuss its mission and current projects. 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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