Institute News

Thank You and Congratulations to TEI’s Committee Chairs

TEI could not accomplish its work without its technical and advisory committees. These committees develop TEI’s positions on tax matters, plan the Institute’s education programs, and interact with tax officials at every level. We would like to thank our 2023–2024 committee chairs for the work they have done for the… Read more »

TEI Submits Comments on GloBE Information Return XML Schema

On August 19, TEI submitted comments regarding the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s Draft User Guide for the Global Anti-Base Erosion Model Information Return XML Schema. TEI’s comments emphasized the need for information return exchange agreements, a uniform XML schema and filing portal, and a secondary filing mechanism, among… Read more »

Appointment of the 2024–2025 Executive Committee

Each year, the incoming international president selects an Executive Committee from the members of TEI’s board of directors to join the Institute’s four officers in their oversight of the Institute’s business affairs. We are excited to announce the following appointments for the 2024–2025 fiscal year:

TEI Submits Comments on EU Public CbCR Regulation

On August 28, TEI submitted comments regarding the European Commission’s draft implementing regulation for the commission’s public country-by-country (CbC) reporting directive. TEI’s comments focused on the need to clarify the scope and purpose of the information included in the public CbC reports for consistency across European Union member states in… Read more »

TEI Submits Comments on Singapore Pillar Two Implementation

On July 10, TEI submitted comments to the Ministry of Finance of Singapore regarding its bill to implement a multinational enterprise top-up tax and a domestic top-up tax as part of Singapore’s implementation of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s Pillar Two project. TEI’s comments primarily focused on the… Read more »

TEI Holds Annual Meeting of Members in Santa Fe

On August 11–13, TEI held its Annual Meeting of Members at the Hilton Buffalo Thunder in Santa Fe, New Mexico. More than forty TEI members came together for three days of governance meetings, a workshop exploring incoming international president Josie Scalia’s presidential goals, roundtables on chapter and committee challenges and… Read more »

TEI Holds Second International Tax Student Case Competition

On Saturday, August 17, TEI held its second International Tax Student Case Competition at the Montréal offices of Gowling WLG, the competition’s host sponsor. Six teams of four students from universities in North and South America competed to determine which team could devise the best solution to a set of… Read more »

TEI Submits Comments on Proposal for Brazilian Cooperative Compliance System

On June 10, TEI sent a letter to the Brazilian tax authorities recommending that Brazil adopt a cooperative compliance program with taxpayers. TEI noted the advantages of such a program include providing tax authorities with transparency and taxpayers with certainty, improving the risk assessment process, and assisting the Brazilian tax… Read more »

TEI Submits Comments on Notice 2023-63, Section 174, and Software Development

On July 24, TEI submitted comments on Notice 2023-63 and Section 174, with a particular focus on rules related to software development for future proposed regulations. TEI requested rules for determining the proper unit of account with respect to specified research or experimental expenditures (SREs) and further guidance on what… Read more »

Come See Us in D.C.!

TEI’s staff was pleased to welcome current senior vice president and incoming international president, Josie Scalia, and current treasurer and incoming senior vice president, Walter Doggett, to our Washington, D.C., office. Scalia, who lives in Montreal, traveled to D.C. for work meetings and made time to discuss her upcoming presidential… Read more »