TEI’s inaugural State and Local Tax (SALT) Essentials Course concluded its spring run on a high note, delivering nine weeks of virtual instruction from March 24 through May 21. The comprehensive introductory-level program drew more than 175 attendees and featured forty instructors representing sixteen firms. Across twenty-four live ninety-minute sessions,… Read more »
TEI Region 1 held its 58th Annual Conference May 3–6 at the Fairmont Château Laurier in Ottawa, Ontario. The program featured many distinguished speakers, including Jack M. Mintz, Ph.D., President’s Fellow at the University of Calgary’s School of Public Policy and one of Canada’s most influential voices in tax and…
TEI Region 10 held its 46th Annual Conference May 5–7 at the Resort at Pelican Hill in Newport Coast, California. Over the course of three days, tax professionals from across the region gathered for a robust program of technical education, professional networking, and discussions on the issues shaping today’s tax…
TEI Region 9 held its annual conference May 18–20 at InterContinental the Clement Monterey in Monterey, California. Region 9 Vice President and conference organizer Ana Mendez Darby kicked off the meeting on a beautiful Tuesday morning, followed by an enlightening discussion of the current tax policy environment in Washington, D.C.…
For more than thirty years, Bradley Pees has pursued a successful career in tax controversy. He has worked for the federal government and multinational Fortune 500 companies. That experience—alongside his involvement with TEI at both the local and national levels—has been instrumental in shaping his perspective for his role as…
On February 10, TEI submitted comments to the European Commission regarding its “EU rules on administrative cooperation in the field of taxation – recast” consultation. TEI’s comments focused on the need to simplify the reporting process in the European Union and eliminate overlap among the various anti-tax-avoidance regimes. TEI’s comments… Read more »
Corporate tax teams have modernized for years, automating calculations, centralizing data, and tightening links with finance and IT. Yet routine work can still take longer than it should. Friction shows up through extended review cycles and “small” changes that trigger outsized rework. A useful way to describe the pattern is… Read more »
When in-house tax professionals encounter uncertainty, it’s important to remember that their companies are facing the same turbulence. “Certainty is something we can never truly have, so for me it’s more about gaining clarity and focusing on what is within our control, amid all the uncontrollable,” says Josephine Scalia, vice…
Over the last few years, some top US companies have relocated their headquarters to Texas or committed to doing so (among them Tesla, Chevron, SpaceX, and Coinbase). Similarly, the New York Stock Exchange announced that it would relocate its Chicago branch to Dallas. This move, of course, is a natural…
Julia Buck joined TEI in March as the Institute’s governance and operations manager. In her role, Buck provides year-round support for TEI’s leadership and governance bodies, helps manage key finance and compliance processes, and oversees day-to-day office and administrative needs. She brings several years of experience supporting association operations in… Read more »
