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John F.
Fletcher

Position
Partner
Office
Jackson

John Fletcher is a partner in the Tax and Estates Practice Group. John focuses his practice primarily on state tax matters, encompassing Mississippi and Louisiana, as well as multi-state income, franchise, sales and use, and local ad valorem taxes.


John has more than twenty years' experience in the legal, corporate, and accounting arenas. He is a contributor for Cooking with SALT, a legal blog committed to providing timely insights on recent legal and practical developments of concern to clients in many state and local taxing jurisdictions. Cooking with SALT focuses on matters involving income, franchise, net worth, gross receipts, sales/use, business and occupational license, severance, ad valorem property, and other miscellaneous taxes.

John also assists his clients on a broad range of federal income tax issues and appeals. His practice also has included a wide variety of non-tax legal services such as legal entity formation and maintenance, business mergers and acquisitions, commercial real estate leasing, and general business contractual issues.

Prior to joining Jones Walker, John was state tax counsel at General Electric Company (GE), where he oversaw many of the company's state income and franchise tax audits and appeals across the country. These appeals covered a wide range of complex statutory and constitutional issues applicable to large multi-state and multi-national companies, and encompassed the company's traditional industrial manufacturing operations, as well as the financial and media/entertainment industries related to the GE Capital and NBC/Universal businesses. He often assisted GE's state and local tax planning group with major acquisitions and dispositions and provided legal support to its property tax team in appeals and litigation matters.

While at GE, John also served as an adjunct professor at the Albany (NY) Law School, teaching state and local tax law. He regularly presents at national conferences on a wide range of state tax issues.

Earlier in his career, John was a member of KPMG's state and local tax practice in New York City while pursuing an LLM in taxation at New York University. He is a certified public accountant (inactive) in Tennessee and is active with the Mississippi Economic Council and Mississippi Manufacturer's Association.

Noteworthy

  • Legal 500 United States, Tax: US Taxes: Non-Contentious (2017)
  • Institute for Professionals in Taxation, Sales Tax Article of the Year (2014)

Publications

  • Mississippi Sales and Use Taxes in a Post-Wayfair World, July 10, 2018
  • Mississippi Files Final Remote Seller Use Tax Regulation, November 2, 2017
  • Mississippi Takes Next Step Toward Finalizing Remote Use Tax Collection Regulation, October 11, 2017
  • Downstream Consequences Coming Into Focus A Year After Mississippi's AT&T Dividend Decision, October 3, 2017
  • State Tax Relief for Hurricane Victims, September 19, 2017
  • Mississippi Authorizes Contingent-Fee Tax Head Hunters, September 6, 2017
  • Mississippi's Sales Tax Regulatory Smorgasbord Continues—Internet Sellers and Commercial Contractors on the Menu!, July 20, 2017
  • Mississippi Governor Announces Special Session for June 5, April 27, 2017
  • UPDATE – Mississippi use tax remote seller bill advances; Jones Walker attends public hearing on related DOR proposed regulation, February 16, 2017
  • Mississippi Moves Toward Factor Presence Nexus for Use Tax, January 19, 2017
  • A "Quest" for Certainty—Court of Appeal Affirms Louisiana Was a "Location-of-Performance" State All Along, September 12, 2016
  • Mississippi Legislature Passes Corporate Franchise Tax Phase-Out, Income Tax Reductions, April 20, 2016
  • Mississippi Supreme Court Sends Half-Baked Assessment Back to the Kitchen, March 15, 2016
  • "Corporate Taxpayers Face Major Changes in Louisiana, Mississippi, Attorneys Say" Bloomberg BNA, October 8, 2015
  • Mississippi Supreme Court Scuttles Use Tax Assessment on Yacht Purchase, May 4, 2015
  • Mississippi Taxpayers Seeing Green!
    Mississippi Supreme Court Invalidates Restrictive Regulation on Pollution Control Equipment Sales Tax Exemption, August 8, 2014
  • Is There Light at the End of the Equifax Tunnel? Mississippi Legislature Overwhelmingly Approves Sweeping Tax Reform Legislation, April 1, 2014
  • "Equifax in Mississippi: What Are The Practical Implications for Taxpayers?" Institute for Professionals in Taxation, February 13, 2014
  • The Equifax Fallout Continues – The Mississippi Legislature Responds, January 22, 2014
  • The Equifax Fallout Begins, December 9, 2013
  • "Wisdom and Sageness" – Mississippi Supreme Court Denies Rehearing of Equifax, November 21, 2013
  • "Mobility Medical, Inc. v. Miss. Dept. of Revenue: Mississippi’s Win-At-All-Costs Litigation Strategy Completely Rewrites the History and Nature of the State’s Sales Tax" Institute for Professionals in Taxation, October 8, 2013
  • Mississippi Supreme Court in Equifax: Mark It to "Market"
    But That's Not Half the Story – Standard of Review Is the Real Issue!, June 21, 2013
  • Mississippi Supreme Court: This Cheeseburger Might Cause Heartburn
    Mobility Medical, Inc. and Mobility Medical of North Mississippi, LLC v. Mississippi Dep't of Revenue, June 7, 2013
  • Power Up! Mississippi Offers New Incentives for Manufacturing, Industrial, and Agricultural Users of Power, May 10, 2013

Presentations

  • Jones Walker LLP 8th Annual State & Local Tax Seminar, October 6, 2016, Hilton Americas-Houston
  • "Debtor-Creditor Issues: Mississippi Style", August 24, 2016, Ridgeland, Mississippi
  • "SALT Gameday: Key Plays in State & Local Tax", October 8, 2015, Hilton Americas-Houston
  • "An In-Depth Look at the New Market Tax Credit Rules and Recent State Developments on Apportionment Issues", March 16, 2015, New Orleans
  • Mississippi Tax Update, December 5, 2014, Memphis Hilton, Memphis, Tennessee
  • "State Tax Issues for Foreign Affiliates" and "Advanced Problems in Mergers & Acquisitions", June 12, 2014, Atlanta, Georgia
  • "Special Issues in Apportionment and Allocation", May 20, 2014, Dallas, Texas
  • "Equifax and HB 799 – Where Are We Now and Where Are We Going?", May 13, 2014
  • "Burden of Proof and the Impact of the Equifax Decision in Mississippi", April 12, 2014, Colorado Springs, Colorado
  • "Mississippi Tax Update", January 17, 2014
  • "State Taxation of Pass-Through Entities and Their Owners", January 13, 2014, Phoenix, Arizona
  • "2013 Louisiana State & Local Tax for Texans", October 17, 2013, Houston, TX
  • "The Use (and Abuse) of State Tax Discretionary Authority", October 13, 2013, Nashville, Tennessee
  • "RAR Reporting for State Purposes", June 25, 2013, Orlando, Florida
  • "State Tax Issues for Foreign Affiliates", June 3, 2013, Atlanta, GA
  • "Early Morning Ethics Coffee Talk: Ethical & Professional Challenges Facing State Tax Professionals", May 21, 2013
  • "Mississippi Tax Update", May 21, 2013, New Orleans, Louisiana
  • "Avoiding the Ethical Mine Field: Ethics Traps for the Unwary", May 13, 2013, New Orleans, Louisiana
  • "State and Local Taxation", May 1, 2013, Albany, New York
  • "Special Issues in Apportionment and Allocation", April 30, 2013, Atlanta, Georgia
  • "RAR Reporting for State Income Tax Issues", March 13, 2013, New Orleans, Louisiana
  • "Best Audit Practices", November 13, 2012, Nashville, Tennessee
  • "LLCs and LLPs: Navigating Variable State Tax Treatment", June 13, 2012

Memberships

  • American Bar Association (Executive Committee, State and Local Tax Committee of Tax Section)
  • Council on State Taxation
  • Delta State University National Alumni Association (Board of Directors)
  • Institute for Professionals in Taxation
  • Louisiana State Bar Association
  • The Mississippi Bar
  • Mississippi Economic Council (Board of Governors)
  • Mississippi Manufacturers Association (Tax Committee)
  • Mississippi Society of Certified Public Accountants
  • Tennessee Bar Association
Jackson
Suite 800
190 E Capitol St
Jackson, MS 39201
D: 601.949.4620
F: 601.949.4804
Emailjfletcher@joneswalker.com

Education

  • New York University School of Law
    LLM, Taxation, 2001
  • The University of Mississippi School of Law
    JD, 1994
  • Delta State University
    BBA, Accounting, 1991

Bar Admissions

  • Louisiana
  • Mississippi
  • Tennessee

Related Practices

  • Commercial Transactions
  • Economic Development
  • State & Local Tax
  • State & Local Tax Resource Center
  • Tax
  • Tax & Fiduciary Litigation
  • Transactional Tax (Federal & International)

Related Industries

  • Gaming
  • Construction
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