TEI Roundtable No. 39: DEMPE Functions and Their Impact on International Taxes
What should we make of a concept encompassing the development, enhancement, maintenance, protection, and exploitation of IP?
At TEI’s 72nd Midyear Conference in Washington, D.C., the Institute conducted a terrific session that focused on the DEMPE functions—development, enhancement, maintenance, protection, and exploitation of intellectual property—as laid out by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s (OECD’s) Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) Project and its impact on…
Acknowledgments
TEI gratefully acknowledges the support of the following firms sponsoring TEI’s 2022 Tax Technology Seminar. Their financial support enables TEI to maintain a rich program of value-added education, networking, and advocacy activities for the in-house tax community. Exclusive Affinity Partner Thomson Reuters Alteryx BDO Bloomberg Tax & Accounting CFO Services… Read more »
KerryAnn Bolton Joins TEI Staff
This past February, KerryAnn Bolton joined the TEI staff as digital programs and events manager for TEI. Bolton will manage and support the execution of the Institute’s virtual and hybrid education events at the chapter, regional, and Institute levels. She is also responsible for positioning TEI’s on-demand content for purchase by members… Read more »
Peter Waterstreet
When Peter Waterstreet opted for an accelerated master of accountancy program, he made a critical decision: he chose the tax stem over the professional accounting and information systems stems. In making that choice, he was influenced by business law and introductory tax classes that were part of the undergraduate accounting… Read more »
The Rise of Remote Work
According to Global Workplace Analytics, since 2009 the number of Americans who work from home has risen by 159 percent. In just the past five years, remote work has grown forty-four percent globally. Add to that the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, and it’s easy to posit that remote work… Read more »
Setting Goals
It is truly an honor to serve the members of the Institute and now to be elected your 2021–2022 TEI international president. Being international president does not just get you an extra cookie during conference breaks (although that would be nice) but something much more important—a chance to interact with… Read more »
ESG Tax Transparency
You might want to check out BRT’s statement signed by 181 CEOs
In years gone by, business looked primarily to increasing shareholder returns, paying less attention to how their business practices affected the environment and society. For many, the primary concern in supply chain design was cost, with little inquiry into how supply chain partners conducted business. But more and more, such…
Jump-Starting Tax Automation, With Practical Tips to Sustain Momentum
Tax needs automation now more than ever—and fast
Tax functions have pursued automation and efficiency for a long time. Enterprise financial and management reporting systems are not designed to produce tax outputs such as tax provisions, tax returns, and other key tax deliverables, but instead provide the source financial data required to prepare the tax calculations—and that is…
ADP’s Tax and Technology Director Talks Tax Credits, Tools, and Technologies
In this issue’s Tax Tech Corner, senior editor Michael Levin-Epstein interviews Ewa Cater, ADP’s tax and technology director. For the last fourteen years, Cater has worked with tax credits and business incentives and figured out how to close the gaps between better tax tools and technologies and tax operations. She… Read more »
Planning for People Within Your Technology Road Map
What path are you taking?
The Burgeoning Importance of E-Invoicing Although the United States has not yet officially adopted e-invoicing,…
The Presumption of Correctness A common question tax directors ask when considering whether to…
Technical Corrections to the 2021 Final Foreign Tax Credit Regulations As readers are well aware, almost a year ago, on…
TEI Roundtable No. 40 Foreign Tax Credit Regulations For almost four decades, the foreign tax credit regulations have…
Reconnecting at TEI’s Annual Conference I am very excited about TEI’s 77th Annual Conference, as…
Steve Saunders Steve Saunders gained an appreciation of the complexity of tax…