Departments and Columns

In the Home Stretch

To borrow a racing expression, we are in the home stretch of the 2015–16 TEI year with the finish line clearly in sight. And, putting aside for a moment how quickly time has passed, it would seem logical to take some stock of where we are in our Building for… Read more »

Acknowledgements
May/June 2016

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 Andersen… Read more »

Emerging Leader: Karlene Burrell

“Just when you think you have the correct answer, there comes an exception.” That’s how Karlene Burrell, senior manager of taxation at Hydro One Networks Inc. since 2007, describes Canadian GST/HST excise tax law. In addition, she says, “the most problematic tax law problem I have encountered in my career… Read more »

Martina Krummen

When Martina Krummen joined KPMG for her internship, she was transferred for three months to the indirect tax department for a special project. During this time, she traveled across Canada and the United States for a major client of the firm to identify sales tax opportunities for their various business… Read more »

An LB&I Reorganization Overview

The recent restructuring of the LB&I division of the IRS has many wondering how responsibilities may change. (See the March/April 2016 Tax Executive cover story, “The New LB&I.”) Here we provide an easy-access organizational chart* so you can see who is responsible for which regions and where your LB&I questions… Read more »

Corporate Tax Professionals’ Greatest Challenges Require Forward-Looking Technology

Corporate tax departments are facing an unprecedented barrage of new and changing reporting demands as a result of global regulatory shifts. To get a better understanding of the issues that corporate tax departments face, Thomson Reuters recently surveyed more than 3,500 tax professionals about their corporate tax challenges and technology.… Read more »

TEI — Wonderfully the Same, Wonderfully Different

Traveling for TEI is one of the responsibilities—and benefits—of serving in the Institute’s senior leadership. Over the past three years, and now, as Institute president, I have had the opportunity to visit chapter, regional, and Institute events around the world. Visiting chapters in different parts of the world provides insight… Read more »

Acknowledgements
March/April 2016

Nancy Farahmand

Someone once said, “The world is made up of two kinds of people: Those who love solving puzzles—and those who don’t.” Nancy Farahmand, the director of international taxes and planning at JCPenney, loves solving puzzles. “I always enjoyed solving puzzles and knew, from my first tax course in college, that… Read more »

HMRC Issues New Guidance on UK’s Diverted Profits Tax

On November 30, HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) issued new interpretive guidance on the UK’s diverted profits tax (DPT) found in Part Three of the Finance Act 2015, which is intended to apply to large multinational enterprises (MNEs) with business activities in the UK that enter into “contrived arrangements” to… Read more »

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