Departments and Columns
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 »
Flexibility in Tax Compliance
In tax compliance, a certain amount of rigidity is expected. But in tax technology, the buzzword today just may be flexibility. In this Tax Technology Corner, Tax Executive senior editor Michael Levin-Epstein interviewed two product leads at Bloomberg Tax and Accounting—Nick Frank and Adam Schrom—to find out why flexibility in… Read more »
Acknowledgments
TEI gratefully acknowledges the support of the following firms that sponsored TEI’s 2022 Hybrid Annual 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… Read more »
Are Tax Insurance Proceeds Taxable? Tax insurance has emerged as a cornerstone of corporate tax…
Transfer Pricing in Transition Although states experienced significant tax revenue growth during the COVID-19…
Managing Canadian Tax Risk The global tax environment has seen fundamental changes in recent…
OBBBA Modifications to US Taxation of International Income The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), which was signed…
How Does Conformity Impact State Revenues After the OBBBA? State conformity with the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) refers to…
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act In July 4, President Donald Trump signed into law the…