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Bruce is a Partner and co-chair of the State and Local Tax Practice Group at Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP. He co-wrote the Alabama Taxpayers’ Bill of Rights and Uniform Revenue Procedures Act of 1992, the Local Tax Simplification Act of 1998, the Municipal Business License Reform Act of 2006, and numerous other tax bills. He is also a contributing editor to State Tax Notes, CCH Sales & Use Tax Review, the Journal of Multistate Taxation, the Journal of Business Entities and the BNA Multistate Tax Report.

Bruce Ely’s more than 30 years of experience have allowed him to handle projects as diverse as serving on the recruiting teams that successfully induced both Mercedes-Benz and Hyundai to locate their first U.S. manufacturing plants in Alabama to representing taxpayers before the Internal Revenue Service, the Alabama Department of Revenue and local taxing authorities. His practice focuses on three concentric areas: representing taxpayers in federal, state and local administrative and judicial forums; advising companies on choosing the proper form of entity through which to conduct business in the Southeast and potential tax incentives; and advising companies and various trade and professional organizations regarding state and local tax legislative matters. He also devotes a substantial amount of time to teaching and writing on SALT-related topics.