Departments and Columns
Emerging Leader: Stephen Dunphy
It’s almost axiomatic that a great teacher can make a major difference in your career, whether your field is athletics, entertainment, technology, or, yes, even tax. That certainly has been true for Stephen Dunphy, vice president, tax operations, at Ross Stores Inc. in the Silicon Valley. Dunphy earned his undergraduate… Read more »
Rites of Spring, Washington-Style
Springtime in Washington means cherry blossoms, federal budget proposals, debt ceiling debates, and a host of other seasonal events. In the TEI world, we count our Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Treasury liaison meetings and our Midyear Conference as falling into this “seasonal” bucket. These events, to gather and exchange… Read more »
Emerging Leader: Aylin Losavio
Aylin Losavio, director of taxes and shared services at RTI International, started her career in banking as a commercial loan underwriter, but quickly gravitated toward the tax thicket, which involved…wait for it…receipts in a shoebox. After completing a management rotation through the Banking Centers, she was presented with an opportunity… Read more »
Keith Piper
Keith Piper’s longtime appreciation for tax began directly after his graduation from Pennsylvania State University. “More than thirty years ago, during my first job out of college, I was a staff accountant with a cable television company in Northern Virginia and assigned responsibilities for property taxes and income tax provision,… Read more »
Throwbacks (and I Don’t Mean Old Tax Lawyers) Are Awful
It’s no revelation that I think state corporate income taxes are ineffective and inefficient ways to raise revenue. For a wide variety of reasons, taxes on corporate profits don’t work all that well. Many defend corporate levies in the belief that corporations use services and should pay. But this benefits… Read more »
An End-of-Examination Checklist
The Expert: S. Starling Marshall
Nearing the end of an Internal Revenue Service exam cycle can feel like time to wrap up the process quickly and move on to the next task and then the next cycle. However, considering a few things to do now can result in a faster, more successful resolution of issues… Read more »
67th Midyear Conference Photo Highlights
TEI in Action
One of the privileges of serving as TEI’s international president is having the opportunity to visit chapter leaders and members in different parts of the world—in short, to watch TEI in action. So, just before the holidays, I was delighted to lead a delegation of members and staff to our… Read more »
European Union State Aid Investigations
Since June 2013, the European Commission (Commission) has been investigating the tax ruling practices of European Union member states, and in December 2014 it extended this information inquiry to all member states. During these investigations, the Commission analyzed whether tax rulings granted selective advantages to specific companies. Article 107(1) of… Read more »
State Tax Matters for Foreign Corporations
The Experts: Maria Todorova and Eric J. Coffill
The Experts: Maria Todorova and Eric J. Coffill Even though state taxation has moved away from the worldwide unitary method, with Alaska being the only state currently requiring use of the worldwide unitary method and only then regarding oil and gas corporations, there are still many situations where non-U.S. companies… Read more »
AI in the Tax Department: Getting Tax a Seat at the Table Artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping business functions rapidly, yet many…
Planning for IRS Audits in an Era of Uncertainty In its ongoing crusade against so-called “basis-shifting” transactions, the Internal…
Transfer Pricing and Valuation in Financial Transactions Business transactions such as mergers, acquisitions, and reorganizations often necessitate…
TEI Roundtable No. 53: Using AI for Tax Law Research As artificial intelligence continues its scorching rise, in-house tax professionals…
Andreia Verissimo Andreia Verissimo, the senior manager for US tax policy at…
TEI Roundtable No. 52: FASB Accounting Standards Update 2023-09—Income Taxes (Topic 740) As financial reporting evolves, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)…