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TEI Annual Conference Goes Big in the Lone Star State
TEI’s 79th Annual Conference, held at the JW Marriott in San Antonio, Texas, in late October, brought together more than 350 in-house tax professionals, 150 speakers, and thirty-five exhibiting sponsors for an immersive experience designed to address the most pressing issues in today’s rapidly evolving tax landscape. As in previous… Read more »
TEI Submits Supplemental Comments on Notice 2023-63, Section 174, and Software Development
On October 2, TEI submitted supplemental comments on Notice 2023-63 and Section 174, with a particular focus on rules related to software development for future proposed regulations. The comments address timing issues with respect to specified research and development expenditures on wages, the appropriate nexus for indirect costs to be… Read more »
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 »
Cleveland Chapter
Holds Annual Scholarship Golf Outing
On August 26, the TEI Cleveland Chapter held its eighth annual scholarship golf outing. This event has grown every year, with thirty teams from seventeen firms participating this year. Proceeds fund scholarships for a master’s in taxation student at the University of Akron and undergraduate accounting students considering careers in… Read more »
An Overview of the EU Public Country-by-Country Reporting Rules The European Union (EU) has long been at the forefront…
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Preparing Now for 2025 Tax Legislative Activity Editor's note: This article was finalized prior to President Donald…
TEI to Comment on New Proposed Section 987 Regulations The US Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service published new…
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TEI Welcomes New Staff, Promotes Team Member Erica Larkin Erica Larkin joined TEI in November as the…