Jennifer Weidler Karpchuk
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S.A.L.T. Practice Co-Chair
Jennifer W. Karpchuk is co-chair of Chamberlain Hrdlicka’s state and local tax practice. She represents companies and individuals in all aspects of state and local tax litigation, controversy, compliance and planning. She 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.
Jennifer 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; Seeking refunds from state and local governments;
- Handling administrative appeals at both the state and local levels; 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, she handles transactional planning for clients and has experience:
- Determining nexus and potential nexus for sales and use tax, income tax, and gross receipts tax purposes;
- Advising clients on the tax implications of pending and past transactions;
- Planning for and mitigating tax burdens;
- Maximizing available tax opportunities or credits; and
- Reviewing nexus and developing strategies to minimize exposure.
Jennifer serves in a number of leadership roles. She is the current Secretary-Treasurer of the Philadelphia Bar Association’s Tax Section. Jennifer is also the past Chair of the Philadelphia Bar Association’s State and Local Tax Committee, as well as an elected member of the Philadelphia Bar Association’s Tax Council. Additionally, Jennifer is the current Vice Chair of the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s Tax Section. Jennifer is part of the American Bar Association’s State and Local Tax Committee’s executive committee, serving as co-chair of the Sales and Use Tax subcommittee and Miscellaneous Taxes subcommittee. During 2021, Jennifer was appointed by Philadelphia’s Mayor Kenney and City Council to the city’s 2021 Tax Reform Working Group.
Jennifer 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.
Jennifer is ranked in Chambers and named as a US News Best Lawyer in America for 2021. She was listed as a “Super Lawyers Rising Star†in tax for 2016 through 2021. She was also designated by The Legal Intelligencer as a 2021 Lawyer on the Fast Track.