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Boston, MA – Sullivan & Worcester is pleased to announce that Natasha Varyani has been appointed by Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey to the Tax Expenditure Commission for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Natasha was sworn in and took the oath of office on May 8, 2024.

The Tax Expenditure Review Commission (TERC) was created under Chapter 207 of the Acts of 2018 to review each tax expenditure every five years and evaluate its purpose, intent, goal and effectiveness.

The TERC is chaired by a member appointed by the Commissioner of the Department of Revenue, and other members include the State Auditor; the State Treasurer; the chair of the House Committee on Ways and Means; the chair of the Senate Committee on Ways and Means; the House and Senate chairs of the Joint Committee on Revenue; the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives and the Minority Leader of the Senate. Natasha, one of three members appointed by the governor with expertise in economics or tax policy, will serve a four-year term.

“I am honored to serve with these distinguished members of the Tax Expenditure Review Commission and look forward to working in this capacity to serve the Commonwealth," said Natasha.

Natasha is a member of Sullivan’s Tax Group. She has extensive experience in multi-jurisdictional tax issues including the areas of corporate nexus, apportionment, domicile, sales and use, and unitary business, and has also been involved in negotiating tax increment financing programs.

Natasha is also an Associate Professor at Roger Williams University School of Law.

Natasha has written and spoken on the intersection of tax policy and technology and has a scholarly focus on the ways in which tax policy may evolve in a time of rapidly changing social and cultural values (including remote work). She has presented on the taxation of new digital products including Non-Fungible Tokens and revenues from novel digital products.

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