Last reviewed on June 2026
When businesses face a sales tax audit, a nexus dispute, or a complex multistate tax issue, experience matters. Not all experience is created equal. Amanda Ribeiro brings a background that is exceptionally rare in South Florida: she spent years in the State and Local Tax (SALT) practice of a Big 4 accounting firm and is the only Florida sales tax lawyer who serves as the Chair of the Florida Institute of Certified Professional Accountants (FICPA) Committee on State and Local Tax. Her SaLT focus had lead to her working on complex issues for some of the largest and most sophisticated companies in the world. That experience provides clients with something that few law firms can offer—a practical understanding of how the nation's largest businesses approach sales tax risk management, audit defense, and strategic tax planning.
Before founding her own practice, Amanda advised Fortune 50 corporations and other multinational businesses on some of the most complicated sales and use tax issues in the country, including sales tax audits and tax planning. Her work involved navigating multistate sales and use tax compliance, taxability analyses, audit defense strategies, exemption planning, and emerging issues involving technology and digital commerce. Those same strategies are now available to privately held businesses, entrepreneurs, companies that historically would never have had access to Big 4-level SALT guidance.
Big Firm Experience Without Big Firm Bureaucracy
Large firms provide tremendous technical resources, but they are often inaccessible to many businesses because of cost, conflicts of interest, or institutional bureaucracy. Amanda founded her practice on a different philosophy: every business deserves sophisticated sales tax counsel that is practical, responsive, and tailored to its unique circumstances.
Clients receive direct access to an attorney who has advised some of the largest companies in the world while understanding the day-to-day realities faced by closely held businesses, family offices, private equity-backed companies, and rapidly growing startups.
A Practice Focused on Sales and Use Tax
Unlike many tax attorneys whose practices primarily focus on federal income tax or IRS controversies, Amanda's practice emphasizes state and local tax issues, particularly sales and use tax. This focus allows clients to receive guidance on issues including:
Because sales tax rules vary dramatically among states and change frequently, businesses benefit from counsel who spends every day working within this highly technical area of law.
Bringing Fortune 50 Strategies to Growing Businesses
Many privately held businesses encounter sales tax issues only after receiving an audit notice or assessment. By then, the exposure may have accumulated over several years.
Amanda's experience advising Fortune 50 companies emphasizes proactive planning rather than reactive defense. The same methodologies used by sophisticated multinational companies—risk assessments, process reviews, exemption documentation, and nexus studies—can dramatically reduce audit exposure for businesses of any size.
The goal is not simply resolving today's audit but creating systems that reduce tomorrow's tax risk.
A Trusted Advisor for Businesses and Their Professional Teams
Rather than replacing a business’s existing advisors, Amanda focuses on complementing them by providing technical expertise in one of the most complex and rapidly evolving areas of state taxation. This collaborative approach allows businesses to receive integrated legal and tax advice while preserving relationships with their existing professionals.
The Value of Specialized Sales Tax Counsel
Sales and use tax has become one of the fastest-growing areas of state tax enforcement. Since states began implementing economic nexus and marketplace facilitator laws, the expansion of economic nexus rules and marketplace facilitator legislation. Companies operating across state lines face increasing compliance obligations and audit activity from multiple jurisdictions.
Choosing counsel with deep technical knowledge and practical Big 4 experience can make a significant difference in identifying risk, minimizing assessments, and developing long-term compliance strategies.
For businesses seeking sophisticated state and local tax counsel without the complexity of a national consulting firm, Amanda Ribeiro offers a combination of technical expertise, practical business insight, and personalized legal representation that is uncommon in today's marketplace.
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Ribeiro Law is based in Boca Raton, Florida and represents businesses throughout Florida and nationally on sales tax, audit defense, and multistate compliance matters. Consultations are available by phone, video, and in-person.
