Aaron Johnson

Aaron C. Johnson co-leads the firm’s State and Local Tax team. He represents multinational, U.S., foreign, and regional businesses in state and local tax (SALT) matters across the country, including audit defense, appeals, tax litigation, and the planning and structuring of tax efficient transactions. Aaron is experienced in direct tax (corporate income taxes, franchise taxes), indirect tax (sales and use), as well as business and occupation (B&O) tax, corporate activity tax, real estate transfer taxes, and ad valorem property tax.

Aaron speaks across the country at tax events, including the Council on State Taxation, the Federation of Tax Administrators, the Institute of Professionals in Taxation, the American Bar Association (ABA), the ABA/IPT joint conference, the Pacific Tax Institute, the Washington Society of CPAs, the Washington State Tax Forum, and elsewhere.

When he is not serving our clients, Aaron is providing service to our community. He is on the Washington State Bar Association (WSBA) Tax Section’s Executive Committee as the Treasurer and the SALT Committee Chair, a member of the Section’s Legislative and DEI committees, on the ABA Tax Section SALT Executive Committee. He currently teaches both federal tax and tax research and writing at the University of Washington (UW) School of Law, having previously taught corporate tax at UW Foster School of Business and federal tax at Seattle Pacific University’s School of Business, Government, and Economics.

Admissions

Washington

Professional Activities

Institute of Professionals in Taxation (IPT)

Council on State Taxation (COST)

American Bar Association, Tax Section, State & Local Tax Executive Committee, 2023-present

Washington State Department of Revenue Business Advisory Council, 2022-present

Washington State Bar Association, Tax Section, State and Local Tax, Committee Chair, 2020-present; Legislative Committee, Member, 2019-present; DEI Committee, Member & Founder, 2021–present

Oregon State Bar, Tax Section, Laws Committee Member, 2018-present

Association of Washington Businesses, Tax and Fiscal Policy, Advisory Member, 2019-present

Washington State Tax, Conference Planning, Committee Member, 2021-present

Washington Hoops Executive Tax Policy and Administration Program, 2022