Jason Weinstein first became interested in tax when he was working after college for the governor of New Jersey. “The governor’s office wanted to push through a package of tax reform. I only had tangential involvement in the whole thing, but it was my job to write the governor’s briefing… Read more »
On February 27–28, 2020, a delegation of TEI executive committee members, standing committee leaders, and Institute staff assembled in Washington, D.C., for TEI’s annual liaison meetings with the Internal Revenue Service and the U.S. Department of the Treasury. The delegation was led by Katrina H. Welch, TEI international president, under… Read more »
Below is a quick summary of the activity in the Northeast Wisconsin Chapter from this past October through March: The chapter meeting on October 24 focused on international tax issues, including GILTI, FDII, and other matters related to tax reform. November 21 was the chapter’s annual all-day session. Presentations covered…
The Kentucky Chapter hosted Eli Dicker, TEI executive director, at a recent meeting held at Jeptha Creed Distillery in Shelbyville, Kentucky. In addition to attending a state tax update presented by PwC, Kentucky Chapter members learned of the opportunities that TEI provides in an informative discussion led by Dicker and…
Kurtis Bond first gravitated toward tax when he was in law school. “I think it was the problem-solving that initially interested me—the challenge of figuring out how to navigate and interpret a complex statute that applies to a wide range of relationships,” he explains. In addition, Bond says, he really… Read more »
As of March, several European countries in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) have implemented, published proposals to enact, or announced intentions to implement a digital services tax (DST). Although each country’s DST differs slightly, all DSTs have revenue thresholds, both domestic and global, below which companies are… Read more »
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is racing toward meeting an ambitious target by the end of the year that could radically change the way all multinational enterprises (MNEs) are taxed. The target—a final report—was set forth in January 2019 under the cover of addressing the digital economy.1…
Notwithstanding the recent efforts of the G20/OECD Inclusive Framework on BEPS (hereafter the IF) to develop a uniform, multilateral, and consensus-based solution for taxing the digital economy, legislatures and tax administrations around the world continue to propose and enact a host of largely uncoordinated digital services taxes (DSTs) and other…
Although much of the tax world has been focused on the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s two-pillar framework for addressing the tax challenges arising from the digitalization of the economy, a separate OECD effort with a potentially even broader reach is well underway. On February 19, 2020, the OECD…
