Houston Chapter
Awards Scholarships to Taxation Specialty Students
The Houston TEI Chapter awarded annual spring scholarships for $1,500 to five students completing programs with a taxation specialty: Kelsey Walker, South Texas College of Law; Rachel Weeks, Texas A&M University, May Business School; Whittney Richardson, Texas Southern University, Thurgood Marshall School of Law; Louis Sabido, University of Houston,…
2015–16 Executive Committee
At TEI’s Annual Meeting of Members on August 11, the 2015–16 international president was sworn in, and the transition to the new Executive Committee took place. C.N. (Sandy) Macfarlane is now the international president; Janice Lucchesi, senior vice president; Robert Howren, secretary; and James Silvestri, treasurer. The remaining Executive Committee… Read more »
John Schoenecker Becomes TEI’s Newest Tax Counsel
John Schoenecker joined the TEI legal team as tax counsel in early August. A trial attorney with the tax division of the U.S. Department of Justice for almost eight years, John has litigated a broad range of tax matters, including those related to foreign tax credits, tax shelters, enforcement, and… Read more »
Acknowledgements
September/October 2015
TEI gratefully acknowledges the support of the following firms that sponsored TEI’s Midyear Conference. Their financial support enables TEI to maintain a rich program of value-added education networking, and advocacy activities for the in-house tax community. PLATINUM Thomson Reuters (TEI’s Exclusive Affinity Partner) ADP Alvarez & Marsal Taxand LLC Anderson…
TEI Roundtable No. 4:
Insourcing vs. Outsourcing
Corporate tax practice is becoming more complicated, and the expectations placed on TEI members more demanding. So it’s not surprising that more corporate tax practices are considering or already outsourcing more tax functions. How do you make the decision to outsource, and what are the challenges facing those companies that…
IRS Interviews
The Experts: Jeffrey Friedman and Jessica Kerner
The Washington State Senate recently introduced a bill that would create an independent forum for hearing state tax appeals. This proposal follows the recent creation of the Alabama Tax Tribunal, the Illinois Independent Tax Tribunal, and the Georgia Tax Tribunal. These new tribunals represent significant changes that are improving the…
Creative Approaches to Large-Case Tax Administration
IRS Budgetary Limitations Don’t Deter IRS from Precision, Speed, Transparency Goals
Despite budgetary and resource constraints at the Internal Revenue Service, corporate boards, securities regulators, and even the IRS are pressing to see increased transparency, greater speed, and enhanced precision on the part of large business taxpayers, according to KPMG tax professionals Mike Dolan and Tom Greenaway. Dolan is national director…
New Group Pricing Structure One of my key goals for the 2025–2026 fiscal year…
Corporate Apportionment of Partnership Income A decision issued by the Virginia Court of Appeals, FJ…
Certainty by Design Tax executives operate in a world where material transactions cannot…
The Supreme Court Ruling and the Potential for Tariff Refunds: Their Impact on Transfer Pricing When the United States introduced reciprocal tariffs in April 2025,…
2026 State Tax Changes According to the Tax Foundation, forty-three states made significant changes…
The Price of Regulatory Certainty Prior to the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022, transferability…