The San Francisco TEI Chapter hosted about forty attendees at its annual meeting at the San Francisco Marriott Union Square in June. Speakers included Fiona Ma, CPA board member from the California State Board of Equalization, who updated on current and future California tax trends. Nutritionist, neuroscientist, and author…

  The TEI Region VII 2015 Annual Conference, held in June at the Westin Hilton Head Resort in South Carolina, drew more than 100 members, 115 family members, and 100-plus sponsors and speakers, including TEI members from other chapters. Highlights included: Legislative update by Kevin Levingston (PWC) and Bob Adams…

  TEI Regions V and VI joined forces for the fifteenth TEI/IRS Liaison Meeting in Austin, Texas, in May to facilitate effective communications between TEI member companies and regional IRS personnel and to provide tax professionals with enhanced IRS audit knowledge. Thirty-two TEI members and nine IRS participants represented both…

For the first time in a decade, Region III held a tax conference at the Foxwoods Resort & Casino in Ledyard, Connecticut. The two-day event was co-sponsored by Deloitte and Jones Day. More than thirty speakers presented international, federal, state, and local issues to more than 100 members and guests.

The New England TEI chapter’s annual All-Day Conference on May 15 featured tax technical sessions and networking opportunities. More than 175 TEI members and nonmembers attended. Fourteen vendor–sponsors showcased their talents. The event covered mobile workforce, SALT updates, BEPS, career development, and a Washington update. Technical experts provided professional development…

At the UNCC Accounting Scholarship Banquet on April 23, the TEI Carolinas Chapter awarded scholarships to five accounting students who attend universities in North and South Carolina. Among the recipients was University of North Carolina at Charlotte senior Jonathan Brown. Jonathan is majoring in accounting and currently interns in the tax…

An annual highlight of the TEI Philadelphia and Harrisburg chapters’ years is awarding scholarships to six outstanding candidates from local universities. Scholarships for the 2014–15 year were recently awarded. Each year, the chapters pool their resources to maximize scholarship awards. A scholarship candidate must be a junior or senior accounting…

On April 29, more than 100 tax professionals gathered at the Multnomah Athletic Club in Portland, Oregon, for the TEI Portland Chapter’s Annual Tax Conference. Chapter President Michael Burch of Nike started the conference by welcoming participants. Eric Solomon, co-director of Ernst & Young’s national tax department, delivered the keynote…