Karen Jurichko Lowell focuses her practice on sales, use, and property tax matters, including tax audits and appeals through various administrative stages, the tax court, and the court of appeals. She also has experience with property tax valuation appeals for various types of industrial and commercial properties, corporate transactions, and health care taxes.
She advises manufacturers, high tech companies, construction contractors and developers, electric utilities, solar energy companies, and other clients on various multistate sales and use tax issues, including advising e-commerce businesses on their multistate sales and use tax nexus and collection obligations.
Prior to joining Steptoe, Karen worked for a tax consultancy focused on California state business incentives, rising to the position of senior manager for audit and controversy. In that role, she managed more than 100 audits annually, provided conflict resolution for all company clients with the California Franchise Tax Board, and crafted a structured methodology to resolve tax disputes.
Education:
- J.D., University of Arizona College of Law, 2014, Certificate of Tax Law and Policy; magna cum laude; Senior Articles Editor, Arizona Law Review; Order of the Coif
- B.S., University of Southern California, 2002
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