Minutes from the 2014 Meeting of Eagle Lodge West, April 25-26, 2014

By Christopher Campbell and Jenna Lewis¹

I. INTRODUCTION

On April 25 and 26, 2014, the Taxation Section of the State Bar of California, including the State and Local Tax Committee of the Taxation Section, sponsored the 2014 Eagle Lodge West Conference at the Vintner’s Inn located in Sonoma County. Eagle Lodge West is an annual assembly of government and private tax practitioners brought together for the purpose of discussing current topics in California taxation and suggesting reforms. In 2014, two committees convened at Eagle Lodge West, namely, the Property and Sales Tax Committee and the Franchise and Income Tax Committee. The Property and Sales Tax Committee included Bradley Marsh, Bradley Heller, Bradley Miller, Robert Rubin, Richard Moon, Jeff Olson, Lisa Thompson, Michael Lebeau and Christopher Campbell. The Franchise and Income Tax Committee included Doug Bramhall, Jozel Brunett, Fred Campbell-Craven, Valerie Dickerson, Colin Grinnell, Annie Huang, Oksana Jaffe, Carl Joseph, Pat Kusiak, Bruce Langston, Jenna Lewis, Gina Rodriquez and Roburt Waldow. The following represents the minutes of the committees:

II. PROPERTY AND SALES TAX COMMITTEE