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How To Bind Without Getting in One: Avoiding Controversy Over Signature Authority Issues
It’s late in the day. After weeks of review, it’s time to file an entity classification election for an entity in your company’s structure. The election is due today. You have already carefully analyzed the ramifications of the election. Form 8832 has been drafted, reviewed, and approved. All that is… Read more »
The Impact of Loving and Ridgely on Corporate Tax Practice
Former OPR Director Reflects on Her Tenure at the IRS
Many TEI members are acquainted with the IRS’s Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) and Karen Hawkins, its director until just a few months ago. In the first day of her new life, Hawkins graciously agreed to talk to Tax Executive about her tenure at OPR and the impact of two… Read more »
TEI Roundtable No. 5: Corporate Structure and the Evolving Tax Function
As the Tax Role Elevates in Importance, So Does Status in Corporate Hierarchy
Let’s tell it like it is. The role of the corporate tax practitioner has changed dramatically in the last twenty years as the tax function has expanded in scope and responsibility. Not surprisingly, the status of the head of corporate tax has changed as well, and now more chief tax… Read more »
Forging Forward — But How Fast and in Which Direction?
Data rules the tax technology roost, elevating professionals who embrace its potential, but the “new normal” is not without its pitfalls
In the world of real estate, it’s all about location, location, and location. In the tax world, it is becoming all about data, data, and data. And whatever facet of tax technology you’re talking about—whether it’s hardware, software, Big Data, the cloud, data storage, or cybersecurity—the data are the key drivers.… Read more »
Procedural State Tax Issues: Part II
Coordinating Multistate Litigation
Managing state tax controversies is a complex task that involves an understanding of substantive and procedural rules that vary significantly by jurisdiction. Part I of this article, published in the May/June issue of Tax Executive, explored considerations for selecting the best forum for litigation. Part II of this article addresses… Read more »
TEI Roundtable No. 4:
Insourcing vs. Outsourcing
Corporate tax practice is becoming more complicated, and the expectations placed on TEI members more demanding. So it’s not surprising that more corporate tax practices are considering or already outsourcing more tax functions. How do you make the decision to outsource, and what are the challenges facing those companies that… Read more »
Transfer Pricing: Are We in a Global Tax War?
Expect Controversy To Heat Up in Light of BEPS
Transfer pricing. This is one of the most complex and controversial areas of corporate tax, occupying considerable time and energy on the part of many of TEI’s members, especially in the last twelve months. What exactly is transfer pricing? According to Mike Patton and Eric Ryan, partners at the law… Read more »
VAT Extends Global Reach
Why Don’t We Have VAT in the U.S.?
Question: What do more than 160 countries have that the United States does not? Answer: A value-added tax (VAT) VAT is a broad-based consumption tax, chargeable at every stage of the supply chain, up to the retail stage, that generally allows the recovery of input tax for businesses and results… Read more »
Latin America: Many Trading Partners, Diverse Tax Implications
Newest TEI Chapter Has Big Plans for 2015
In 2015, the vast majority of U.S. international companies have many markets to choose from, including China, India, Japan, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, Africa, and Canada. Increasingly, however, global firms are looking to market their products, invest in economies, engage in trade, or simply do business with countries in Latin America.… Read more »
Procedural State Tax Issues: Part I
Finding the Best Forum
Managing state and local tax controversies is not an easy task. In addition to understanding the differences between the substantive laws applied in each jurisdiction, multistate taxpayers also need to understand the differences in procedural rules governing those disputes. In this two-part article, we address the most common issues that… 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…
Question: What Are the Key Updates in the FASB Income Tax Disclosure Requirements? In 2023, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Accounting Standards…
Breaking Down Real-Time Controls in Global Tax As governments implement digital approaches to tax filing, reporting, operations,…