Finding well-educated young talent can be a challenge, but there are myriad college and university programs that are working toward prepping the next generation of in-house tax law professionals. According to U.S. News & World Report, a digital media company that releases data-based rankings on educational institutions, hospitals, financial services,… Read more »
Although the United States has not yet officially adopted e-invoicing, many countries in Europe, Latin America, and Asia have embraced it. To find out what’s happening, in August Michael Levin-Epstein, Tax Executive’s senior editor, interviewed Alex Baulf, senior director, global indirect tax, at Avalara. Michael Levin-Epstein: E-invoicing as it relates… Read more »
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 »
President Joe Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) into law on August 16. As TEI members know, the IRA included two major “revenue raisers” of importance to the business tax community. First, a new corporate alternative minimum tax (CAMT) imposing a fifteen percent tax on the “adjusted financial statement… Read more »
We are excited to announce that three new staff members have joined TEI. Brenda Zelada Brenda Zelada joined TEI as manager of membership and chapter engagement in September. Zelada has more than nine years of experience in the nonprofit arena, and her skills and expertise include event management, donor and… Read more »
TEI’s Canadian Income Tax Committee, in collaboration with a spectacular legal team from Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP, which represented TEI pro bono, recently filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court of Canada in Deans Knight Income Corporation v. Her Majesty the Queen. The Deans Knight case addresses important…
For almost four decades, the foreign tax credit regulations have established a three-part net gain requirement for determining when a particular foreign levy is an income tax. Now, things have changed. We assembled a panel of knowledgeable tax practitioners in the space to discuss how these changes came about and…
Latacia Trice, who took over as president of TEI’s Detroit Chapter in July, hopes to get back to more in-person events as well as to host the first social event the chapter has held in several years. Although she had been chapter president for little more than a month at…
A common question tax directors ask when considering whether to litigate a state tax case is, What is the likelihood we will win? It’s an obvious question to ask, but an impossible one to answer. In our own experience, we have won cases we’d thought were stacked against us and…
TEI is excited to announce the launch of a new member benefit, the Thought Leadership Bulletin. The Thought Leadership Bulletin is a biweekly electronic newsletter featuring a compilation of curated content from TEI’s sponsors in different areas of tax. Over twenty sponsors participated in the Thought Leadership Bulletin’s inaugural edition.…
