Departments and Columns
Acknowledgments
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 »
Lorry Limbourg
EMEA Chapter
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… Read more »
Transactional Tax Issues Take Center Stage
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 »
Continuing Education Calendar
2022 72nd Midyear Conference March 20-23 Washington, DC Federal Tax Course – Level 1 April 25-29 East Lansing, MI Tax Technology Seminar May 2-3 San Francisco, CA 77th Annual Conference October 23-26 Scottsdale, AZ
Chris Tressler
Detroit Chapter
This is the first in a series of profiles of TEI chapter leaders. Without vibrant chapters and dynamic chapter leaders, we would not be able to provide our members with as many rewarding opportunities and networking connections as they have come to expect from TEI for decades. Chris Tressler is… Read more »
Patricia Likogiannis
Teachers really do make a difference. Just ask Patricia Likogiannis how she got interested in tax as a career. “We had excellent tax instructors when I was an undergraduate majoring in math and accounting at the University of Waterloo,” she says. “Those teachers explained the structure, history, and reasons behind… Read more »
76th Annual Conference Goes Hybrid—and Delivers
Looking Ahead to 2022—With Excitement
Happy New Year! As we begin what we expect will be another exciting year for TEI, its members, sponsors, and partners, let’s take a quick look back on 2021, which was very challenging—and very rewarding. It was thrilling to return to in-person meetings in 2021, with many of our chapters… Read more »
All About Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
The Experts: Katrina Welch and Wayne Hamilton
In this Ask the Experts column, we’re taking a slightly different approach. Instead of asking our experts to answer one question, we posed several questions on the crucial topic of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). We covered this subject at our Annual Conference in October, and we wanted to continue… Read more »
Direct Insights on Indirect Tax
Around half of Thomson Reuters’ survey sample for its March 2021 Corporate Tax Department Report were tax departments with responsibility for indirect tax. Overall, according to the report, these departments indicated a belief that significant change is on the horizon, particularly pertaining to technology, processes, and human capital. In a… Read more »
AI in the Tax Department: Getting Tax a Seat at the Table Artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping business functions rapidly, yet many…
TEI Roundtable No. 51: The Future Corporate Tax Department As tax moves into the future, in-house professionals are experiencing…
The Impact of AI in R&D Tax Credits For the last several years we’ve heard that artificial intelligence…
Making Sense of CAMT Complexity The corporate alternative minimum tax (CAMT) under Section 55 of…
Breaking Down Real-Time Controls in Global Tax As governments implement digital approaches to tax filing, reporting, operations,…
Question: What Are the Key Updates in the FASB Income Tax Disclosure Requirements? In 2023, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Accounting Standards…