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TEI Welcomes Three New Staff Members
We are excited to announce that three new staff members have joined TEI, bringing our total staff to sixteen full-time professionals. Judi Raigns Judi Raigns joined TEI in November as TEI’s new AMS administrator and data analyst. Raigns leads efforts to form data governance standards and serves as the central… Read more »
TEI Presents Awards at 77th Annual Conference
At TEI’s 77th Annual Conference, the Institute presented awards to three key members in the TEI family: Debbie Giesey, Judy Zelisko, and Paul O’Connor. Debbie Giesey TEI presented the Distinguished Service Award to Debbie Giesey, TEI’s director of administration, who retired in October 2022. The award recognizes outstanding service to… Read more »
TEI Canadian Commodity and Income Tax Committees Hold Annual Liaison Meetings
On December 6–7, members of TEI’s Canadian Commodity Tax Committee and TEI’s Canadian Income Tax Committee met with representatives from the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) and Department of Finance Canada to conduct their annual liaison meetings. The 2022 meetings featured robust agendas covering a range of tax law, policy,… Read more »
TEI Holds First ‘Simulive’ Event
This past August and September, TEI held its first simulive event, the 2022 Tax Technology Simulive Seminar. The in-person Tax Technology Seminar took place in May in San Francisco, and the simulive event enabled more TEI attendees to participate in the event virtually several months later. The simulive format involved… Read more »
TEI Submits Comments on the European Commission’s Proposed Directive on Debt-Equity Bias Reduction Allowance
On July 28, TEI submitted comments to the European Commission (EC) regarding the EC’s proposal to set forth rules on a debt-equity bias reduction allowance (DEBRA) and on limiting the deductibility of interest for corporate income tax purposes. The EC proposed to accomplish this objective by providing for “the deductibility… Read more »
TEI Comments on European Commission’s Proposal to Implement Uniform EU-Wide Withholding Tax System
TEI commented on the initiative of the European Commission (EC) to introduce a common, European Union-wide system for withholding taxes on dividend and interest payments in June 2022. The initiative is intended to standardize and simplify the varied withholding tax approaches of EU member states. Those approaches vary by country,… Read more »
TEI Members Participate in Focus Groups With the Government Accountability Office
TEI’s IRS Administrative Affairs Committee members recently participated in focus group discussions with the Government Accountability Office (GAO). The focus groups were aimed at providing feedback to assist the GAO with its recommendations to Congress regarding how to improve the dispute-resolution tools available at IRS Appeals. The focus groups were… Read more »
TEI’s State & Local Tax Committee Monitors Multistate Tax Commission Uniformity Projects
TEI’s State and Local Tax Committee is engaging with Multistate Tax Commission (MTC) staff and state administrators on two substantive uniformity projects the MTC is undertaking. The first project is a white paper on the state taxation of digital products. Committee members and TEI staff have informally discussed the issues… Read more »
TEI Holds Audits & Appeals Seminar for First Time Since 2019
This September, TEI held its first Audits & Appeals Seminar since 2019, welcoming over 120 attendees and seventy faculty members to brand-new, light-filled Capital One Hall in Tysons, Virginia. This year’s seminar featured federal tax controversy and state and local tax controversy tracks, and was well-timed given the recently enacted… Read more »
TEI Submits Preliminary Comments on the Government of Canada’s Proposal to Implement Pillar Two of OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework
On July 21, 2022, TEI submitted preliminary comments to the Canadian Department of Finance about the Government of Canada’s proposal to implement Pillar Two of the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework on Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) two-pillar plan for international tax reform, as contemplated by the federal budget documents tabled… Read more »
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