Jon Block represents and advises clients with Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts tax problems. Jon litigates tax cases at the administrative level and through all levels of the court system, advises clients on transactional and multistate tax issues, obtains advance rulings for clients, and does a substantial amount of legislative and government relations work in the tax area. Jon's substantive expertise in state and local tax encompasses corporate and individual income tax, business profits tax, sales and use tax, property tax, excise tax, transfer tax, and other state and local taxes. Jon also advises expanding and relocating companies on taking maximum advantage of available tax and economic development incentives. Jon's client base includes large, medium and small businesses as well as individuals.
Jon has been integrally involved with designing, drafting, and enacting many of Maine's tax exemptions and economic development programs, and works hard to keep many of these programs on the books. Jon is also the state's leading expert on domicile and residency issues involving individual taxpayers.
More Legal and Business Bylines From Jonathan Block
- Maine Court Clarifies Jurisdiction in Certain Property Tax Appeals and Addresses Maine Revenue Services’ Duty to Taxpayers When Changing Policy - (Posted On Monday, November 20, 2023)
- Maine Tax Changes Following End of COVID-19 State of Emergency - (Posted On Friday, July 02, 2021)
- Maine Individual Income Tax Deadline Extended to May 17, 2021 - (Posted On Thursday, March 18, 2021)
- Breaking: Maine’s Just-Passed Supplemental Budget Conforms on PPP Loans - (Posted On Friday, March 12, 2021)
- Maine Revenue Issues Additional COVID-19 Income and Sales Tax Guidance - (Posted On Monday, February 15, 2021)
- Update: Maine Governor Proposes Conformity to Federal Treatment for First $1 Million of PPP Loans - (Posted On Wednesday, February 10, 2021)
- Maine Governor’s Proposed Supplemental Budget – Federal (Non)Conformity Summarized - (Posted On Tuesday, January 26, 2021)
- Maine Governor Announces COVID-19 Tax Guidance - (Posted On Monday, October 19, 2020)
- COVID-19: Maine Extends October 15 Corporate Income Tax Filing Deadline - (Posted On Monday, October 05, 2020)
- COVID-19: Maine Income Tax Does Not Conform to FFCRA and the CARES Act - (Posted On Monday, July 13, 2020)
The National Law Review recognizes several Pierce Atwood LLP authors as 2021 Go-To Thought Leaders for their contributions regarding New England COVID-19 Legislation updates. The authors wrote about New England business restrictions, Maine COVID-19 tax changes, New England Travel, Massachusetts reopening rules and much more. Authors include Kathleen M. Hamann, Suzanne King, Melanie A. Conroy, Sarah R. Remes, Mark B. Rosen, Andrea Cianchette Maker, Stephen J. MacGillivray, Jonathan Block, Olga J. Goldberg, Robert B. Ravenelle, Kris J. Eimicke, Newell A. Augur, and Ann R. Robinson.