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Arthur was the founder and editor of the monthly newsletter Inside New York Taxes and the co-editor of the semi-monthly newsletters New York Tax Highlights and New York Tax Cases. He is Chair of Bloomberg BNA’s State and Local Tax Advisory Board. He was the original editor in chief of CCH’s E-Commerce Tax Alert, and was the monthly tax columnist for the E-Commerce Law Journal. Arthur has written scores of articles that have appeared in numerous professional publications and has spoken hundreds of times throughout the country on state and local tax matters.

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• Advised a major American direct retailer on state-level and federal sales tax nexus legislation
• Successfully litigated cases involving asserted sales tax on consulting services, on theatrical film rights and on certain utilities
• Advised and represented in several states a VOP-related company in connection with sales tax and telecommunications taxes

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• World Tax, International Tax Review 2017
• Institute for Professionals in Taxation, Distinguished Service Award
• The Legal 500 United States, 2018
• Lexology, Client Choice Award, Corporate Tax in New York, 2014-2017

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• Institute for Professionals in Taxation, committee chair
• Journal of State Taxation, member of the advisory board
• National Association of State Bars Tax Sections, past chair
• New York City Commissioner of Finance, advisory council
• New York City Tax Appeals Tribunal, advisory council
• New York State Bar Association, Tax Section, member of the Executive Committee, and chair of New York State Tax Matters; past chair of New York City Tax Matters and State and Local Tax Matters committees
• New York State Commissioner of Taxation and Finance, advisory council
• New York University, founder and chair of the annual week-long “Introduction to State and Local Taxes” and “State and Local Taxation II” programs
• NTA Communications and Electronic Commerce Tax Project, member of the steering committee
• NYU Tax Society, served as president and chairman

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