Wilson advises clients on business and tax-related matters. He represents clients on tax controversy matters and manages federal audits, protests, and appeals. Wilson also focuses on state and local tax matters (SALT), with an emphasis on California tax controversies where he represents clients in tax audits, administrative hearings, and settlements with the California Franchise Tax Board and appeals with the California Office of Tax Appeals. Wilson also advises his clients on tax compliance issues and provides tax opinions on income tax-related matters.
Before joining Hanson Bridgett, Wilson worked at a nationally recognized boutique tax law firm where he represented clients in tax controversy matters as well as provided tax opinions on California state residency, structured fees, and taxation of litigation and settlement awards. Wilson also previously worked at a Big 4 accounting firm in its indirect tax controversy division and was a member of a tax consulting team that routinely guided technology companies, marketplaces and marketplace facilitators through sales and use tax issues following the U.S. Supreme Court’s South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc. decision.
Wilson received his B.A. from the University of California in Irvine. He received his J.D. from King Hall (UC Davis School of Law). While studying at King Hall, Wilson interned at the California Franchise Tax Board and Board of Equalization. Wilson received his LL.M. in Taxation from the New York University School of Law.