Region and Chapter News
EMEA Chapter
Presents Chapter Award
For the twelfth consecutive year, TEI’s EMEA Chapter presented an award at the August graduation ceremony of the International Tax Center at Leiden University. The awardee this year was Zahra Abdullah of Indonesia. The award presentation was part of the graduation ceremonies that took place on August 25, 2017, in… Read more »
Chicago Chapter
Holds Annual Summer Meeting
The Chicago Chapter held its annual summer meeting and networking event at SPiN, a local Ping-Pong club. The event was great fun and included the Chapter’s annual awarding of scholarships. This year six scholarships went to students from DePaul, Loyola, and Roosevelt Universities,… Read more »
Atlanta Chapter
Holds Monthly Lunch Meeting
TEI’s Atlanta Chapter held its monthly lunch meeting on October 17 at Maggiano’s. Presenters from Grant Thornton covered the impact of the new revenue recognition rules, tax function optimization, and recent developments in research and development/Section 199. They also held a related discussion on mergers and acquisitions. The speakers were… Read more »
Philadelphia and Harrisburg Chapters
Award Scholarships
A yearly highlight for the TEI Philadelphia and Harrisburg (Pennsylvania) Chapters is awarding scholarships to outstanding students from local universities. The Chapters pool their resources to maximize scholarship awards. In the last year, they awarded six $2,000 scholarships. A scholarship candidate must be a junior or senior accounting or business… Read more »
Los Angeles Chapter
Awards Scholarships at Annual Meeting
The Los Angeles Chapter held its Tax Administrators Night and annual meeting on June 1. At this meeting the Chapter awarded scholarships to candidates for the master’s degree in taxation programs at the University of Southern California, Golden Gate University, and California State University, Northridge. This year was the Chapter’s twenty-first… Read more »
Philadelphia and Harrisburg Chapters
Award Scholarships
A yearly highlight for the TEI Philadelphia and Harrisburg (Pennsylvania) Chapters is awarding scholarships to outstanding students from local universities. The Chapters pool their resources to maximize scholarship awards. In the last year, they awarded six $2,000 scholarships. A scholarship candidate must be a junior or senior accounting or business… Read more »
San Francisco Chapter
Holds Annual Meeting
The San Francisco Chapter held its annual meeting at the Wayfare Tavern in June. New Chapter officers were recognized, and then current president, Ed Wohlers, gave the charter to the incoming president, Lisa Kim. Member Roni Height was presented with the Meritorious Service Award as well.
Atlanta Chapter
Celebrates Robert Howren
The TEI Atlanta Chapter’s current and former board members celebrated Robert Howren’s election as TEI’s 2017–2018 international president at a cookout on July 15. He is the first Atlanta Chapter member to serve as international president since 1999.
Atlanta Chapter
Holds Full-Day CPE Event
TEI’s Atlanta Chapter held a full-day CPE event on May 18 at the Renaissance Atlanta Waverly Hotel and Convention Center. The event, which Ernst & Young sponsored, began with a tax accounting update presented by Matt Tisdel and Adam Bean. Steve Skor then presented on the new Section 987 regulations.… Read more »
Buffalo-Niagara Chapter
Holds Networking Event
The Buffalo-Niagara Chapter held a fun networking event after its June CPE meeting. Attendees went on the Buffalo River History Tour to learn more about the old grain mills and how Buffalo became known as the Queen City. (You’ll just have to take the tour to find out why.) It… Read more »
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