John Ormonde advises clients on state and local tax controversy, planning, and policy matters. His practice covers all major state and local tax types, including corporate income tax, franchise tax, gross receipts tax, property tax, and sales and use taxes, with wide-ranging experience in California state and local taxes. He works with Fortune 500 corporate taxpayers, partnerships, and high-net-worth individuals across the technology, financial, asset management, manufacturing, and retail industries.
John represents clients at every stage of a tax dispute, from the audit level through administrative appeals, trial courts, and courts of appeal. He also identifies state and local tax refund opportunities and handles the execution of refund claims. Before beginning his legal practice, John worked as a tax consultant in the California national practice group of a Big Four accounting firm, which gave him a practical grounding in the compliance and planning issues corporate taxpayers face day to day.
John is a frequent speaker on state and local tax topics, presenting at conferences and webinars hosted by organizations such as the Tax Executives Institute, California Tax Foundation, California Lawyers Association, and American Bar Association.
Concentrations
- Constitutional and federal limitations on state and local tax
- California income tax
- California local business taxes
- California sales and use tax
