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Continuing Education Calendar

2023 Tax Technology Seminar April 24–26 San Diego, CA Leadership Foundations Seminar June Virtual Federal Tax Course – Level 1 June 12–16 East Lansing, MI Federal Tax Course – Level 2 July 17–21 Atlanta, GA Annual Meeting of Members August 6–8 Newberg, OR US International Tax Course August 13–18… Read more »

Acknowledgments

TEI gratefully acknowledges the support of its sponsors. 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 Inc. Andersen Baker McKenzie Bloomberg Tax & Accounting Crowe LLP CSC Corptax Deloitte… Read more »

Dealing With New Schedules K-2 and K-3

On April 30, 2021, the Internal Revenue Service released early drafts of the new Schedules K-2 and K-3 for Forms 1065, 1120-S, and 8865 for tax year 2021. Why did the IRS feel the need to release these new forms, and what do they mean for taxpayers and preparers? To… Read more »

Ranking State Tax Systems

The Tax Foundation’s State Business Tax Climate Index is intended to show how well state tax codes stack up against those of other states, with the goal to provide a road map to improve the system. Each year, the Tax Foundation updates the index and ranks the states. Among the… Read more »

Melissa Smith

When Melissa Smith was in her second year of law school, she thought most students knew what they wanted to do in their budding legal careers. “Some wanted to be litigators, some wanted to be corporate lawyers. Everybody seemed to know, and I had no clue.” But then, she says,… Read more »

Talent and Technology— Important Intertwined Issues
An interview with Thomson Reuters’ Robert Bahash

Michael Levin-Epstein, Tax Executive’s senior editor, interviewed Robert Bahash, general manager of Thomson Reuters’ corporate tax and trade business unit, for this Perspective article in December 2022. Michael Levin-Epstein: I know that you’re coming off Thomson Reuters’ big SYNERGY conference attended by about 1,000 tax professionals, so you’re keenly aware… Read more »

Betty Mak
Vancouver Chapter

Betty Mak, president of TEI’s Vancouver Chapter and director of tax at Maxar Technologies, says that, coming out of the pandemic, it has been important for her to help members reconnect. What’s more, Mak says, she’s glad she has reconnected with students from the University of British Columbia (UBC), where… Read more »

Celebrating Our Accomplishments—and the Midyear Conference

At about the halfway point in my presidency, I thought it would be a good time to take stock of what we have accomplished so far and to look ahead to what’s on the agenda over the next few months. All we accomplished so far was a team effort, with… Read more »

Why Corporates Need a Data-Driven Approach to Cash Management

With the S&P 500 down more than twenty-three percent through the end of September 2022, inflation up 8.2 percent during the same period, and the threat of recession looming more ominously by the day, it’s safe to say that corporate tax and finance professionals are feeling a little skittish about… Read more »

Danielle Beluch

Danielle Beluch doesn’t consider herself a “traditional” tax person. Here’s how she explains it: “I started my studies as a chemistry major, but when I proved to be a klutz in the lab, I knew I had to pick another industry to study. Accounting seemed to be a safe option,… Read more »

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