Procurement and Tax—Time to Integrate
Why implementing a third-party tax engine is the best approach
One of the most important functions at which companies must excel is selling goods and services with as little transactional friction as possible—particularly in today’s world of digital commerce. Companies invest significant effort in the sales environment, but an equally necessary value-add for tax is the ability to purchase goods…
Tax Technology Transformation in 2020
“The tax function of tomorrow must master data intelligence.” That’s how EY identified an “intelligent tax function” in its 2020 Global Tax Technology and Transformation Survey report. To keep pace with today’s ever-evolving demands, it’s essential for tax departments everywhere to bridge the gap between data and technology, and this… Read more »
Clearing Skies: Demystifying the Transition to the Cloud for Tax
Make sure you really do have your head in the cloud
In recent years, cloud(s) have been gathering on the horizon for many organizations, both global, multinational organizations and smaller, agile organizations. These clouds represent sweeping changes for most organizations that may bring major disruptions and may require corporate tax executives to make career decisions. This article provides tax executives and…
Introducing the 2020–2021 Executive Committee
As with so many things in 2020, TEI’s Annual Meeting of Members did not go off as expected. However, over the course of three days in August, TEI’s incoming Executive Committee (EC) met, the Annual Meeting of Members was held, and the new Board of Directors was sworn in—all through… Read more »
Larry Pociask
Tax is sometimes viewed as an amalgam of social, political, and economic influences. And it was precisely that combination that galvanized Larry Pociask’s interest in tax as a profession: “My interest in tax started with a great professor at Michigan State, Ed Outslay, who found a way to weave politics,… Read more »
Teaching Tax Professionals to ‘Speak IT’
Practical steps for upgrading tax technology
Tax professionals are largely aware of the technologies available to supplement their departments’ operations—technologies designed to directly support tax functions, such as tax engines, return preparation programs, and certificate management applications as well as general-purpose technologies that can be leveraged for tax, like data enrichment platforms, robotic process automation (RPA),…
TEI Roundtable No. 30: Tax and Tax Technology
Meeting customer needs—now and in the future
If you’re a tax professional, you know the significance of tax technology. It’s just as important as tax regulations, tax transactions, or any other aspect of the field. That’s why the theme of this issue is tax technology, why we established Tax Technology Corner as a regular column in this…
Funding Is All About Storytelling
Stories can trigger passion, inspiration, and loyalty—and compelling ones inspire emotional investment
One of our favorite clients, Gary, once told us a story as we began talking about a possible tax transformation project for the public company he had recently joined as its new vice president of tax. Earlier in Gary’s career, he was the compliance tax manager for a large privately…
Emerging Leader: Karin Li
Is there a connection between tax and math? To Karin Li, there certainly is. During her MBA studies, her professor assigned her a research project related to estate tax law, leading Li to make a discovery that would impact her professional life. “I found tax to be incredibly complex and… Read more »
Acknowledgements
September/October 2020
TEI gratefully acknowledges the support of the following firms that would have 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. Exclusive Affinity Partner Thomson Reuters Platinum ADP Andersen Baker McKenzie Bloomberg Tax…
Optimizing Your Tax and IT Stack Tax leaders, tax technologists, chief financial officers (CFOs), and chief…
An Overview of the EU Public Country-by-Country Reporting Rules The European Union (EU) has long been at the forefront…
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Renewable Energy Tax Credits After the Inflation Reduction Act Following the the 2024 US general election, with Donald Trump’s…
TEI Roundtable No. 49: A Look at the TCJA in 2025 Editor’s note. This conversation was recorded in August, prior to…
Inequitable Barriers to Equitable Apportionment Every state that imposes a corporate income tax requires multistate…