On September 8, TEI submitted comments to the Canadian Department of Finance regarding the department’s proposed tax penalty for transactions held subject to Canada’s general anti-avoidance rule (GAAR). TEI’s comments focused on the need for the GAAR penalty to have a true due diligence defense to its imposition and include… Read more »
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Amazing, memorable, so glad I attended—these are a few of the descriptions used by members, sponsors, and friends to describe their experience of the 75th Anniversary Celebration in New York City! This October’s Annual Conference was distinctly memorable in so many ways. It was held in the Big Apple where… Read more »
On September 29, TEI submitted comments to the Department of Finance Canada regarding its proposed legislation to implement Pillar Two of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s project on the taxation of the digitization of the economy. Canada’s legislation, titled the Global Minimum Tax Act, encompasses most, but not… Read more »
Tax technology turns over seemingly every couple of months, and, as a result, the role of the tax technologist is being transformed in real time. We wanted an inside perspective on these developments, so Michael Levin-Epstein, senior editor of Tax Executive, interviewed Nolan Ogden, PwC’s US tax technology leader, who… Read more »
Every year, the Tax Foundation updates its index of international tax competitiveness—an evalution of how the member countries in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development structure their tax systems. The index defines a competitive tax code as “one that keeps marginal tax rates low” and, to inform its rankings,… Read more »
On October 6, TEI submitted comments to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the European Commission regarding the GloBE Information Return (GIR) under Pillar Two of the OECD’s two-pillar approach to the tax challenges arising from the digitization of the economy. TEI’s comments focused on the volume… Read more »
2023 2023 Federal Tax Course – Level 1 (Simulive Edition) November 6–December 19 Virtual 2023 US International Tax Course (Simulive Edition November 8–January 17 virtual Tax Technology Webinar Series: Byte-Sized Essentials November 28–30 Virtual 2024 74th Midyear Conference March 17–20 Washington, DC Federal Tax Course –… Read more »
Kelvin Jeffrey Ramirez, CPA, president of TEI’s San Francisco Chapter and senior director of tax at Informatica, has a game plan for opening up communication and interaction within the chapter and beyond. “What’s top of mind is returning to in-person meetings. During COVID, we stayed in touch via Zoom, but…
