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Bloomberg’s 2022 Tax Department Trends

Bloomberg Tax recently released results from its 2022 Corporate Tax Department Benchmark Survey, titled “The Trends Shaping Tomorrow’s Tax Function.” Among the greatest challenges, Bloomberg found, were the perpetual juggling act related to compliance, staffing, and economic uncertainties; worries about risk; cost reduction; expanded involvement in nontax financial issues; understaffing;… Read more »

Continuing Education Calendar

2023 Leadership Foundations Seminar June Virtual Federal Tax Course – Level 1 June 12–16 East Lansing, MI Federal Tax Course – Level 2 July 17–21 Atlanta, GA Annual Meeting of Members August 7–9 Newberg, OR US International Tax Course August 14–18 Atlanta, GA 2023 Annual Conference… Read more »

TEI Submits Comments on Notice 2023-2 and the Stock Repurchase Excise Tax

On March 20, TEI submitted comments in response to a request for comments in Notice 2023-2, which provided guidance on the stock repurchase excise tax. The comments requested carve-outs from the tax for redemptions of nonparticipating, nonconvertible preferred stock and addressed the funding rule and related per se rule that… Read more »

2023 State Tax Changes

Thirty-eight states rang in the new year with significant changes to their tax codes. Most of these state-level changes were spurred by a wave of rate reductions and other tax cuts over the past two years, greater tax competition during a time of greater mobility, and, of course, inflation, according… Read more »

Continuing Education Calendar

2023 Tax Technology Seminar April 24–26 San Diego, CA Leadership Foundations Seminar June Virtual Federal Tax Course – Level 1 June 12–16 East Lansing, MI Federal Tax Course – Level 2 July 17–21 Atlanta, GA Annual Meeting of Members August 6–8 Newberg, OR US International Tax Course August 13–18… Read more »

Acknowledgments

TEI gratefully acknowledges the support of its sponsors. 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 Inc. Andersen Baker McKenzie Bloomberg Tax & Accounting Crowe LLP CSC Corptax Deloitte… Read more »

Dealing With New Schedules K-2 and K-3

On April 30, 2021, the Internal Revenue Service released early drafts of the new Schedules K-2 and K-3 for Forms 1065, 1120-S, and 8865 for tax year 2021. Why did the IRS feel the need to release these new forms, and what do they mean for taxpayers and preparers? To… Read more »

Ranking State Tax Systems

The Tax Foundation’s State Business Tax Climate Index is intended to show how well state tax codes stack up against those of other states, with the goal to provide a road map to improve the system. Each year, the Tax Foundation updates the index and ranks the states. Among the… Read more »

Melissa Smith

When Melissa Smith was in her second year of law school, she thought most students knew what they wanted to do in their budding legal careers. “Some wanted to be litigators, some wanted to be corporate lawyers. Everybody seemed to know, and I had no clue.” But then, she says,… Read more »

Talent and Technology— Important Intertwined Issues
An interview with Thomson Reuters’ Robert Bahash

Michael Levin-Epstein, Tax Executive’s senior editor, interviewed Robert Bahash, general manager of Thomson Reuters’ corporate tax and trade business unit, for this Perspective article in December 2022. Michael Levin-Epstein: I know that you’re coming off Thomson Reuters’ big SYNERGY conference attended by about 1,000 tax professionals, so you’re keenly aware… Read more »

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