Brett Durbin will serve on a panel titled “Grasping the Last Straw: Litigating Tax Issues in Washington State” at the Washington State Tax Conference on Tuesday, July 16. The panelists will discuss recent trends in state tax litigation in Washington from the department, taxpayers and tax tribunal perspectives. Topics include significant challenges in litigating a state tax case; the recent success of the DOR in appellate cases; changes being implemented to make the Board of Tax Appeals more effective; and more. The event — hosted by the Washington State Department of Revenue (DOR) and Washington State University’s (WSU) Hoops Institute of Taxation Research and Policy — will take place July 15-16 at WSU in Pullman, Washington.