Jennifer Karpchuk

Jennifer W. Karpchuk is a tax attorney in Holland & Knight's Philadelphia office and co-chair of the State and Local Tax Team. Ms. Karpchuk represents companies and individuals in all aspects of state and local tax litigation, controversy, compliance and planning.

Ms. Karpchuk has extensive experience handling state and local tax matters involving corporate income taxes, franchise taxes, gross receipts taxes, personal income taxes, sales and use taxes, business privilege taxes and real estate taxes.

Ms. Karpchuk advises clients in all aspects of state and local tax compliance and litigation, including:

• challenging taxing authorities' determinations of nexus creating activities
• challenging taxing authorities' imposition of sales tax to evolving digital goods and services
• challenging audit determinations and assessments, as well as seeking refunds from state and local governments
• handling administrative appeals at the state and local levels, along with litigating unresolved disputes in state and local courts
• handling post-trial appeals at all appellate levels and reducing interest and penalties associated with past-due taxes through the use of state and local amnesty, voluntary disclosure programs and administrative appeals
• challenging property tax assessments, including valuation and lack of uniformity

In addition, Ms. Karpchuk handles transactional planning for clients and has experience in:

• determining nexus and potential nexus for sales and use tax, income tax and gross receipts tax purposes, as well as developing strategies to minimize exposure
• advising clients on the tax implications of pending and past transactions
• planning for and mitigating tax burdens
• maximizing available tax opportunities or credits

In addition to her legal practice, Ms. Karpchuk writes a quarterly article for Tax Notes State and is a frequent contributor to The Legal Intelligencer, Law360 and Bloomberg Tax. She is also co-author of The Legal Intelligencer's Pennsylvania Tax Handbook and the Pennsylvania chapter of the American Bar Association's Property Tax Deskbook.

Prior to joining Holland & Knight, Ms. Karpchuk served as the chair of the state and local tax practice for a tax-focused law firm in Philadelphia.