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Brief Overview of What the Pillar Two Directive Means for Multinational Companies
Pillar Two’s inconsistent adoption by EU member states could complicate an already intricate system of domestic and EU laws that businesses must navigate

Editor’s note: This article was written prior to the OECD’s new administrative guidance on Pillar Two, released June 17. This article examines two central points for multinational enterprises as they grapple with the complexities and novelties of Pillar Two. We first address nuanced interpretations of various points of guidance and… Read more »

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Tax Valuation Considerations for M&A Transactions
A close look at purchase price allocations, Section 382 limitation calculations, tax receivable agreements, and more

Public corporations, private equity-backed portfolio companies, and privately held companies often look to mergers and acquisitions (M&As) to drive growth and shareholder value. However, pursuing M&A-driven growth may be complicated, since companies must comply with ever-evolving financial and tax reporting requirements, deal with increasing financial audit and tax authority scrutiny,… Read more »

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Your Complete Pillar Two Playbook
Follow these steps to tackle complexity, allocate resources, automate new processes, and more

Today’s resource-challenged tax departments often find it necessary to focus on what’s most critical. Although the release of the Pillar Two model rules captured attention, its adoption remained uncertain until things abruptly changed at the end of 2022, when three events occurred: The European Union unanimously agreed to a directive… Read more »

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Sales Tax and the M&A Process
Understanding the entire journey—from diligence through post-transaction

Mergers and acquisitions (M&As) play an active role in the corporate landscape, facilitating growth, consolidation, and strategic realignment among businesses. Companies often include M&A activity in their short-term and long-term strategies. To successfully navigate M&As, tax directors and chief financial officers identify areas that tend to present pitfalls that can… Read more »

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TEI Roundtable No. 47: My Tax Journey, Part Two
Tax professionals share insights into their unique journeys and roles

In this continuation of last issue’s Roundtable, participants from TEI’s 2023 Annual Conference panel, also titled “My Tax Journey,” discuss work-life balance, handling personal and professional crises, and the next generation of tax experts. The panel includes Josephine Scalia, head of tax at Nestlé Health Science and senior vice president… Read more »

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Purchasing Clean Energy Tax Credits
What corporate tax teams need to know about prevailing wage and apprenticeship requirements

The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) greatly expanded energy-related federal income tax credits and created Internal Revenue Code Section 6418, which allows eligible taxpayers to transfer, or sell, certain clean energy tax credits to unrelated parties for cash. One key area of due diligence when purchasing a tax credit… Read more »

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The SALT Team of the Future
An income tax perspective on the evolution of work environments

To respond to rapidly changing state and local tax (SALT) developments, this article envisions how a well-balanced SALT team can serve the needs of a large multistate business. It is instructive to look at how things, from a tax perspective, used to run in office settings back in the day,… Read more »

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VAT in the Digital Age
What's happening now—and what's coming—in the EU

On December 8, the European Commission proposed the VAT in the Digital Age (ViDA) package, arguably the most revolutionary reform concerning the value-added tax (VAT) in the European Union in recent years. The ViDA package includes a proposal to amend the European Union’s Council Directive 2006/112/EC, Regulation 904/2010, and Implementing… Read more »

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TEI Roundtable No. 46: My Tax Journey, Part One
Tax professionals share insights into their unique journeys and roles

  No two journeys toward a career in tax are the same. Just ask the panelists from TEI’s My Tax Journey session at the Annual Conference last fall. For this issue’s Roundtable, we reconvened the panelists to gather more of their perspectives. They are Josephine Scalia, head of tax at… Read more »

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State Tax Policy Takes Center Stage
In a time of burgeoning deficits, what is the status of SALT?

In an informative session on the first day of the 75th Anniversary Celebration and Annual Conference in October, experts addressed the topic “SALT Tax Policy: As Deficits Turn, Will the Tide Change?” The panel included Mo Bell-Jacobs, senior manager in the Washington, D.C., office of RSM, who specializes in state… Read more »

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