New Jersey Tax Handbook 2025

Jeffrey D. Gordon is the managing partner of Archer & Greiner P.C.'s Princeton office. He is a state and local tax practitioner and is Chair of the firm’s Real Estate Tax Appeal Group.

Mr. Gordon is a former New Jersey Tax Court law clerk to Presiding Judge Michael A. Andrew, Jr., retired; and was a Certified Tax Assessor. Since completing his Tax Court clerkship, his practice has involved the handling of complex commercial and industrial tax appeals in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York and other East Coast states. He also advises clients about potential property tax liability for property being considered for purchase and/or development. In addition, Mr. Gordon prepares articles regarding tax appeal procedures and valuation theory, and has lectured at seminars for the Institute for Professionals in Taxation, the International Association of Assessing Officers, the New Jersey County Tax Board Administrators Annual Conference, the Appraisal Institute, the New Jersey League of Municipalities, taxpayer groups, accountants, and the bar.

Margaret C. Wilson is state and local tax counsel for Verizon in Basking Ridge, New Jersey. :She is a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Multistate Taxation and Incentives and frequently speaks and writes on taxation topics. Ms. Wilson is presently the Chair of the Taxation Section of the New Jersey State Bar Association.Ms. Wilson earned her bachelors degree from the University of Michigan, cum laude, and her J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School, cum laude.Ms. Wilson may be reached at Margaret.C.Wilson@ verizon.com.

Robert F. Connolly, MST is the co-founder and Co-Managing Member of BC Compliance Group, LLC ("BCC"). BCC is a management consulting firm, based in Matawan, NJ, focused on providing expense recovery and reduction services. BCC specializes in the areas of contract compliance, real estate accounting, unclaimed property and taxation utilizing a "riskfree benefit sharing model." BCC's services cover contracts in the areas of IT, construction, print/copy services, 3rd party labor, distribution, office supplies, office/commercial leases, telecom, freight/overnight mail, utilizes, as well as, tax related incentives and credits.

Prior to founding BCC in 2005, Rob founded and served as the Managing Director of Contract Compliance and Taxation for an international earnings enhancement firm. Before that he spent a number of years serving as a State & Local Tax Manager for various regional and Big Five accounting firms, as well as working within industry for a Dutch multi-national manufacturing corporation.

Tiffany Wagner Donio is a shareholder at Stevens & Lee in the firm’s Valley Forge office. She counsels emerging and established businesses and their principals on the corporate and tax issues they encounter through every stage of their business life cycle, including with respect to entity formation, mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, restructurings, securities offerings, joint ventures, corporate governance, and commercial transactions.

In her tax practice, Tiffany provides planning and compliance advice on a wide variety of federal, state and local tax issues involving income, franchise, sales and use, gross receipts and other miscellaneous taxes. In addition, she has represented clients during federal, state and local tax controversies at the audit, administra­tive and judicial levels.

Tiffany represents clients in a wide range of industries, including food and agriculture, healthcare, real estate, restaurant and beverage, retail, software and technology, petroleum, energy and utilities, cannabis, construction and engineering, media, internet and advertising, manufacturing, and software and technology.

Tiffany received her J.D. with honors from Rutgers Law School and an Executive LL.M. in Taxation from New York University. She earned a B.S. in Accountancy from The College of New Jersey.

Frances B. Stella is Chair of Brach Eichler’s Environmental & Land Use Practice Group and has 30 years of experience in federal and state environmental litigation, site remediation and environmental regulatory compliance counseling in real estate redevelopment and transactions. Her environmental practice includes handling CERCLA and New Jersey Spill Act claims and compliance issues, natural resource damage claims, cost recovery/contribution litigation and mediation, environmental insurance coverage litigation, environmental enforcement defense, permitting, defense of toxic torts, asbestos and vapor intrusion claims, and government compliance environmental investigations and audits. She handles site remediation negotiations with both state and federal environmental agencies and contracts with and supervises environmental consulting firms to develop and implement remedial activities in her role as Common Counsel for PRP groups at Superfund sites and for redevelopers.

Frances received her J.D. with honors from Pace University School of Law, with a Certificate in Environmental Law and her B.A. from University of Vermont. She is admitted to practice in New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania.