Author: Tax Executive Staff

Acknowledgments

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TEI gratefully acknowledges the support of its sponsors. Their financial support enables TEI to maintain a rich program of value-added education, networking, and advocacy activities for the in-house tax community. Exclusive Affinity Partner Thomson Reuters Platinum ADP Inc. Andersen Baker McKenzie Bloomberg Tax & Accounting Crowe LLP CSC Corptax Deloitte… Read more »

Lynn Spence Promoted to Director, Information Technology & Web Services

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TEI staff member Lynn Spence was promoted to director, information technology and web services in March. Spence joined TEI in February 2020 and has played an instrumental role with TEI through and after the pandemic, including moving TEI’s systems to the cloud, training staff and members on TEI resources, assisting… Read more »

Dealing With New Schedules K-2 and K-3

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On April 30, 2021, the Internal Revenue Service released early drafts of the new Schedules K-2 and K-3 for Forms 1065, 1120-S, and 8865 for tax year 2021. Why did the IRS feel the need to release these new forms, and what do they mean for taxpayers and preparers? To… Read more »

TEI Submits Comments on Draft Form RC312 Under Canada’s Mandatory Disclosure Rules

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On February 13, TEI filed comments with the Canada Revenue Agency regarding Draft Form RC312 – Reportable Transaction and Notifiable Transaction Information Return. TEI’s comments primarily concerned the volume of information required by the form as well as the unclear nature of several provisions on the form. TEI’s comments were… Read more »

Ranking State Tax Systems

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The Tax Foundation’s State Business Tax Climate Index is intended to show how well state tax codes stack up against those of other states, with the goal to provide a road map to improve the system. Each year, the Tax Foundation updates the index and ranks the states. Among the… Read more »

Melissa Smith

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When Melissa Smith was in her second year of law school, she thought most students knew what they wanted to do in their budding legal careers. “Some wanted to be litigators, some wanted to be corporate lawyers. Everybody seemed to know, and I had no clue.” But then, she says,… Read more »

Talent and Technology— Important Intertwined Issues
An interview with Thomson Reuters’ Robert Bahash

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Michael Levin-Epstein, Tax Executive’s senior editor, interviewed Robert Bahash, general manager of Thomson Reuters’ corporate tax and trade business unit, for this Perspective article in December 2022. Michael Levin-Epstein: I know that you’re coming off Thomson Reuters’ big SYNERGY conference attended by about 1,000 tax professionals, so you’re keenly aware…

Betty Mak
Vancouver Chapter

Betty Mak, president of TEI’s Vancouver Chapter and director of tax at Maxar Technologies, says that, coming out of the pandemic, it has been important for her to help members reconnect. What’s more, Mak says, she’s glad she has reconnected with students from the University of British Columbia (UBC), where…

TEI Submits Comments on Proposed Canadian EIFEL Rules

On January 31, TEI filed comments and recommendations with the Canadian Department of Finance regarding proposed excessive interest and financing expense limitation (EIFEL) legislation. The Institute’s recommendations included delaying the effective date of the rules, providing transition relief, and not applying the EIFEL rules when computing the foreign accrual property… Read more »

TEI Requests Guidance on the Capitalization of R&E Expenditures Under Section 174

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On November 30, TEI submitted written comments to the US Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service requesting guidance on changes to Section 174 under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, effective for tax years beginning after December 31, 2021. TEI’s comments were developed by members… Read more »