Law firm Weaver and Tidwell has announced that Joe Taylor has recently transferred from the firm’s Dallas office to the firm’s Austin office as the director of state and local tax services.

Taylor leads the firm’s SALT services group which addresses state income and franchise taxes, sales and use taxes, property tax, nexus, audit management, and credits and incentives. His practice concentrates in state and local taxation including planning, analysis, and compliance functions.

Taylor joined Weaver and Tidwell in 2008 and has more than 26 years of tax and accounting experience in public and industry accounting. His previous practice experience includes international tax matters, federal taxation, provision analysis, reporting under FAS 109, and 10K Securities and Exchange Commission reporting. Taylor’s experience also consists of merger and acquisition, target selection, and tax analysis. His knowledge includes audit defense at federal and state reporting levels with high incidence of no change in tax result or refund issuance by a tax authority. He has also previously negotiated with the Internal Revenue Service and represented taxpayers in the U.S. Tax Court.