Sales and Use Tax Answer Book (2020)

Bruce M. Nelson, MA, is a CPA with Ehrhardt -Keefe-Steiner-Hottman-PC. Prior to taking this position he was with the law firm of Silverstein & Pomerantz, LLP. Prior to joining Silverstein & Pomerantz, he was the Manager of Tax Policy for two years at the state of Colorado. Before that, he was a Senior Tax Manager for several years in a "Big Four" accounting firm, where he ran the state and local tax desk. Bruce earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and a Master's degree from Colorado State University, and he is a Certified Public Accountant in the state of Colorado. He is also on the adjunct faculty for Regis University where he teaches courses in individual, partnership, and corporate taxation. He is a frequent seminar speaker and teaches continuing education classes in state and local tax for the University of Denver's Graduate Tax Program, the Colorado Society of CPAs, and the American Institute of CPAs. Bruce has published more than 30 tax articles in many publications including the Journal of Accountancy, Tax Executive, Controller Magazine, the Journal of Multistate Taxation, State Tax Notes and Colorado Lawyer. He is also co-editor of the Guidebook to Colorado Taxes, also published by CCH. Bruce is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Colorado Society of Certified Public Accountants. Prior to his death in 2013, James T. Collins, JD, was the Executive Director of the Deloitte Multistate Tax Center at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Mr. Collins earned a Bachelor of Science degree in political science and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Georgia. In addition, Mr, Collins was an adjunct professor of taxation in the School of Business Administration at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, where he taught an interstate and local taxation course since 1980. He served as the editor in chief and chairman of the editorial board of the Journal of State Taxation.. He was named the 1994 Corporate Wisconsin Tax Professional of the Year. John C. Healy, MST, CPA, is the Managing Director of the Deloitte Multistate Tax Center and a senior lecturer in the Graduate Tax Program at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and is co-author of CCH's Multistate Corporate Tax Guide. Mr. Healy has more than 30 years of state and local tax experience and has held SALT management positions at Miller Brewing Company and General Electric Medical Systems. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from Marquette University and a Master of Science degree in taxation from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He is also a Certified Public Accountant. Mr. Healy has published numerous articles in professional tax journals and is a past recipient of IPT's Literary Award. He is also the author of Surviiving the Sales Tax Audit in CCH's Solutions for State and Local Taxation. Mr. Healy has served as an instructor in a variety of continuing professional education and university tax courses. He is a member of the AICPA and WICPA and is past chair of the WICPA Wisconsin Taxation Committee.