Andersen Managing Director Eric Anderson is a featured speaker at the Council On State Taxation (COST) 2026 Spring Conference/Audit Session on April 20-23, 2026, at the Loews Coral Gables Hotel in Coral Gables, Florida. Eric is a co-speaker for the session From Data Extraction to Digital Ads: The Next Wave of “State Ad/Data Tax Proposals.” The session will examine the policy drivers behind the emerging concept of the “extraction tax,” a levy on the harvesting of consumer and business data, as well as taxes on social media platforms.