A great teacher can often make an epic difference in your life. Just ask Walter Doggett, the executive tax director of E*Trade Financial Corporation and incoming TEI international secretary. While attending the University of Virginia, Doggett took elective tax courses from David LaRue, an experience that greatly influenced his future… Read more »
Welcome to the latest installment of Advocacy Agenda, a periodic column in which I share select insights and observations of interest to TEI members about the tax policy advocacy environment in Washington, D.C. My last column, in the July/August 2021 issue of Tax Executive, attempted to set the scene for… Read more »
We’re just a few months into 2022, but already we’ve had some terrific successes I want to tell you about. Midyear Conference First, as you read this, we’re on the verge of holding our second major hybrid event, TEI’s 72nd Midyear Conference, themed Tax Reform Redux—Seizing Opportunities and Mitigating Risks.… Read more »
Obtaining and retaining the best talent for your team has been an ongoing battle for hiring managers for many years now, but with the complexity that COVID has brought, accompanied by “the Great Resignation,” this challenge has become even more difficult. Question: How has the pandemic changed hiring, and what…
For more than forty-five years, TEI’s weeklong courses have been a cornerstone in the training of rising corporate tax professionals. These moderately priced courses are well attended because they pay for themselves many times over and are widely considered the best value for company dollars spent on training. Beginning on… Read more »
The past two years have highlighted the importance of an agile tax function that can operate seamlessly, whether remotely or in person. TEI’s fourth annual Tax Technology Seminar will address this pressing need May 2–3. This year’s seminar will be held at the San Francisco Marriott Marquis hotel and will… Read more »
TEI gratefully acknowledges the support of the following firms sponsoring TEI’s Hybrid 72nd Midyear Conference. 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 Andersen Avalara Baker McKenzie Bloomberg Tax… Read more »
Uncertainty in tax law is reaching unprecedented levels. In the past four years, taxpayers have managed dramatic tax reform, pandemic-fueled emergency tax legislation, rafts of new Treasury Regulations (and accompanying challenges to some regulations), and increased aggressiveness by certain tax authorities. Tax departments now must be nimbler than ever as…
Some TEI chapters cover relatively small geographical areas, but others, such as the EMEA Chapter, headed by Lorry Limbourg since July 2021, are vast—spread out over many countries large and small. Limbourg is also the indirect tax director, Europe, for Coca-Cola Services Brussels. Dealing with such a large chapter poses…
Let’s face it. Transaction taxes are more important than ever before. In this column, we explore this issue and its impact on technology with Michael Bernard, vice president of tax content strategy and operations and chief tax officer at Vertex, and Sal Visca, chief technology officer at Vertex. Michael Levin-Epstein,… Read more »
