C.J. Evans is a director with Baker Tilly’s state and local tax (SALT) practice. With more than 25 years of SALT experience, he combines his accounting and legal experience to ensure his clients minimize state and local tax and maximize business incentives offered by federal, state and local jurisdictions.
C.J. offers consulting services for economic development and site selection to companies that are opening new facilities or expanding existing ones. He helps secure various business incentives such as cash grants, property tax reductions, sales tax reductions, infrastructure grants and utility rate reductions. C.J. guides companies through the entire process, providing financial analysis for site locations and acting as a liaison with state and local economic development and governmental representatives. As part of his turnkey business incentives services, he also manages the compliance process.
- Provides economic development/site selection consulting services to companies opening new facilities or expanding existing operations
- Secures business incentives for job creation and capital investment, including cash grants, property tax reductions, sales tax reductions, infrastructure grants and utility rate reductions
- Provides site location financial analysis and serves as a liaison with state and local economic development and governmental representatives
- Assists companies with federal and state tax credits, state income tax, sales and use tax, and real or personal property tax consulting