About

Jaye Calhoun, is a partner in the New Orleans office of Kean Miller. She provides clients with full-service tax representation covering federal, state, and local tax challenges and business opportunities. She has more than 30 years of experience assisting clients with tax compliance and planning, the use of tax and business incentives, and tax audits and controversies.  Jaye represents multistate and global clients on federal, state, and local taxation, business planning and formation, credits and incentives, and federal, state, and local tax collection matters.  She regularly represents clients in audits and administrative and judicial appeals before the IRS, the State of Louisiana Department of Revenue, and numerous local taxing authorities. Jaye is board certified by the Louisiana Board of Legal Specialization in both Taxation and in Estate Planning.
 
Jaye has extensive experience representing businesses in industries including energy, oil and natural gas, insurance, health care, gaming, equipment leasing and others.  Representative matters include state and local income, franchise and sales tax audits and controversies and advice regarding transfer pricing, interest expense challenges, Louisiana’s labyrinthine state and local rules and and special income and franchise tax rules that apply to companies doing business in the state. 
 
Jaye is also well-respected nationally for her tax expertise and was elected as a Fellow of the American College of Tax Counsel (ACTC) and then elected to the board of that organization as a regent.  As an ACTC member, she is active in that prestigious organization’s amicus committee which files briefs in important tax cases around the country.  She is also a former council director and former chair of the American Bar Association Tax Section State and Local Tax Committee, the Tax Section of the Louisiana State Bar Association, and the National Association of State Bar Tax Sections.  She currently serves on the Editorial Board for American Bar Association publication, The Tax Lawyer, and is a co-author of both the Bloomberg Corporate Income Tax Navigator, Louisiana, and the Bloomberg Pass-Through Entities Navigator, Louisiana.  
 
Jaye is frequently quoted in tax publications, has a long list of tax publications, and is a sought-after speaker at tax conferences.  She is an Adjunct Professor of Law at Tulane University Law School, Loyola University New Orleans College of Law, and Northeastern University D’Amore-McKim School of Business in Boston (online program) and serves on Georgetown Law’s SALT Institute Advisory Board.  Further, she has been listed for many years in Louisiana Super Lawyers and Best Lawyers in America, is AV-rated preeminent by Martindale-Hubble, and has been recognized in 1999 as a YWCA Role Model and by New Orleans City Business as a 2005 Woman of the Year and as a 2014 recipient of a Leadership in Law award.  
 
Jaye is a Louisiana native, a member of the Krewe of Muses and a Sustainer in the Junior League of New Orleans.  She is married, with four children and teaches Jazzercise in New Orleans and Metairie.