Overview
Arthur R. Rosen focuses his practice on tax planning and litigation relating to state and local tax matters for corporations, partnerships and individuals. Formerly the deputy counsel of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, as well as counsel to the governor’s Temporary Sales Tax Commission and tax counsel to the New York State Senate Tax Committee, Arthur has also held executive tax management positions at Xerox Corporation and AT&T. He has worked in accounting and law firms in New York City.
Arthur was the founder and editor of the monthly newsletter Inside New York Taxes and the co-editor of the semi-monthly newsletters New York Tax Highlights and New York Tax Cases. He is Chair of Bloomberg BNA’s State and Local Tax Advisory Board. He was the original editor in chief of CCH’s E-Commerce Tax Alert, and was the monthly tax columnist for the E-Commerce Law Journal. Arthur has written scores of articles that have appeared in numerous professional publications and has spoken hundreds of times throughout the country on state and local tax matters.
Results
- Advised in planning nationwide and represented in several states a major multinational pharmaceutical business in connection with treatment of multibillion gain from disposition of a line of business
- Advised and represented in several states a major financial services-related business in connection with receipts apportionment
- Advised and represented in several states a major international bank in connection with combined reporting and apportionment
- Advised a major American direct retailer on state-level and federal sales tax nexus legislation
- Successfully litigated cases involving asserted sales tax on consulting services, on theatrical film rights and on certain utilities
- Advised and represented in several states a VOP-related company in connection with sales tax and telecommunications taxes
Recognitions
- Chambers USA, Band 1 in Tax: State & Local, 2005–2024
- Best Lawyers in America, Tax Law and Litigation and Controversy – Tax, 1995–2025
- World Tax, International Tax Review 2017
- Institute for Professionals in Taxation, Distinguished Service Award
- The Legal 500 United States, 2018
- Lexology, Client Choice Award, Corporate Tax in New York, 2014-2017
Community
- American Bar Association, Tax Section, State and Local Tax Committee, past chair
- American College of Tax Counsel, fellow
- Bloomberg BNA, State and Local Tax Advisory Board, chair
- Institute for Professionals in Taxation, committee chair
- Journal of State Taxation, member of the advisory board
- National Association of State Bars Tax Sections, past chair
- New York City Commissioner of Finance, advisory council
- New York City Tax Appeals Tribunal, advisory council
- New York State Bar Association, Tax Section, member of the Executive Committee, and chair of New York State Tax Matters; past chair of New York City Tax Matters and State and Local Tax Matters committees
- New York State Commissioner of Taxation and Finance, advisory council
- New York University, founder and chair of the annual week-long “Introduction to State and Local Taxes” and “State and Local Taxation II” programs
- NTA Communications and Electronic Commerce Tax Project, member of the steering committee
- NYU Tax Society, served as president and chairman
Credentials
Education
St. John’s University School of Law, JD, 1974
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, MBA, 1977
New York University, APC, 1975
New York University, BA, 1971
Admissions
Florida
New York
Courts / Agencies
State Revenue/Taxation Agencies throughout the United States
Numerous State Courts throughout the United States
