Jennifer C.Waryjas

Jennifer Waryjas has extensive experience in the areas of unclaimed property and state and local tax, including multistate tax analysis, audits, and litigation. She provides a multifaceted approach to complex sales and income tax issues. Jennifer has substantial knowledge in all aspects of voluntary disclosures and audits, having been previously employed in tax consulting, where she formulated calculations and oversaw remediations, and understands the numbers behind the legal issues at stake.

Having worked extensively with clients involved in audits with contract fee auditors and issue resolution with state administrators, Jennifer has successfully negotiated positive audit outcomes and client-friendly regulations. She has litigated a variety of tax matters with the city of Chicago and state of Illinois that have resulted in reasonable outcomes. She also has represented clients in False Claims Act cases, stemming from both tax and unclaimed property issues.

Jennifer's representations include clients in cryptocurrency, oil and gas, manufacturing, telecom, card companies, hospitality, telemedicine, medical and hospice care, and securities. Highlights of her experience include negotiating "no-change" unclaimed property audits with the states of Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, and Massachusetts; a zero assessment audit with the Illinois Department of Revenue; and a dismissal of a multimillion dollar qui tam litigation.

Jennifer is a frequent speaker on unclaimed property with the Unclaimed Property Professionals Organization (UPPO) and is the 2023-2024 UPPO president. She is also the 2024 Institute for Professionals in Taxation (IPT) Income Tax Symposium chair and formerly the Annual Conference Income Tax chair.