Chris Barber

Chris Barber is Operations Officer and Counsel at the Multistate Tax Commission. Since 2021, Mr. Barber has staffed the Commission’s uniformity project on the state taxation of partnerships. In that role, he has helped to draft white papers and model statutes and regulations addressing state taxation of pass-through entities. Mr. Barber’s additional duties for the Commission include developing and conducting training programs for state attorneys and auditors on corporate income tax and the taxation of pass-through entities. Mr. Barber is a frequent presenter at state and local tax conferences, including the Federation of Tax Administrators, the American Bar Association, and the New York SALT Forum. Prior to joining the Multistate Tax Commission, Mr. Barber spent two years in EY’s state and local tax group in Dallas, Texas and two years in the tax department of a publicly traded technology company in Southlake, Texas. He received his B.S. and MBA degrees from Mississippi College, his J.D. from the University of Mississippi School of Law, and his LL.M. with a state and local tax certificate from Georgetown University Law Center.