Scotty Amos

Scotty Amos is a Partner in the firm’s Tax Services Group and serves as the leader of the firm’s Indirect Tax Practice. He is responsible for the firm’s national strategy, service offerings, technology and AI Innovation, and practice growth across sales and use tax, communications tax, business licensing, regulatory compliance, property tax, and other state and local tax services. He also leads the firm’s strategy around leveraging automation, artificial intelligence, and emerging technologies to transform indirect tax compliance and deliver more efficient, technology-enabled solutions for clients. With more than 26 years of experience, Scotty advises organizations ranging from emerging technology companies to Fortune 500 enterprises on complex indirect tax, regulatory, and business transformation matters.

Scotty is nationally recognized as a trusted advisor to companies operating in highly regulated and rapidly evolving industries. He helps clients navigate complex state, local, and federal tax and regulatory requirements while developing practical, technology-enabled solutions that reduce risk, improve compliance, and support long-term growth.

His practice focuses on multi-state indirect tax planning, sales and use tax, communications taxes, business licensing, regulatory compliance, tax automation, and state and local tax consulting. Scotty has particular expertise serving communications carriers, technology companies, SaaS providers, cloud service providers, digital businesses, and other multi-state organizations facing complex taxability and regulatory issues.

He advises clients on the full spectrum of communications tax and regulatory obligations, including FCC and USAC compliance (Forms 499-A, 499-Q, Broadband Data Collection, RMD, CPNI, and related reporting), communications taxes and surcharges, gross receipts taxes, e911, 988, PUC assessments, and state and local licensing requirements. His experience also includes multistate nexus studies, taxability analyses, audit defense, voluntary disclosure agreements, tax controversy matters, mergers and acquisitions due diligence, and the tax treatment of emerging technologies, cloud computing, SaaS, AI-enabled platforms, and digital products.

Scotty is also a recognized leader in indirect tax technology and automation. He works closely with clients to design, implement, and optimize enterprise tax processes and compliance solutions utilizing leading tax engines, AI-enabled workflows, data analytics, and automation technologies. His experience includes Vertex O Series, Vertex Communications Tax, Avalara, Avalara for Communications (AFC), CCH SureTax, and other AI-driven compliance solutions that improve tax determination, reporting, risk management, and operational efficiency.

Prior to joining the firm, Scotty was a Director with Postlethwaite & Netterville (P&N), a leading accounting and business advisory firm. Earlier in his career, he served as a manager and National Practice Leader within a Big Four firm’s Communications Tax Practice, where he developed innovative multistate tax planning strategies, led complex tax consulting engagements, and advised many of the nation’s largest communications companies. He also played a significant role in the firm’s Sarbanes-Oxley documentation and best practices for state and local tax financial reporting policies, internal controls, and compliance initiatives and received multiple firm innovation awards for developing creative tax strategies and process improvements.