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After fifteen years, TEI’s executive director, Eli Dicker, concluded his service to the Institute in January. Eli will join Crowe LLP, one of TEI’s platinum sponsors, as managing director of national markets. Eli played a critical role leading TEI’s staff, and we are grateful for his many contributions. The Executive… Read more »
TEI Extends Policy of No In-Person Meetings
In mid-July, in the face of the widespread health and safety dangers posed by COVID-19, TEI announced an Institute-wide policy barring in-person meetings of any sort and at any level within TEI through the end of calendar year 2020. The Institute acknowledged that policy statements are extremely rare and are… Read more »
Help TEI Better Understand You, Our Members!
As the Institute works to provide the best opportunities—for networking, education, and advocacy—to our members, we’d appreciate it if you would take a few minutes to tell us more about yourself. It’s quick and easy to update your profile. Once you’re logged in at www.tei.org, you can edit your profile… Read more »
TEI Hosts 75th Annual Conference Virtually
For the first time in its history, TEI hosted the 75th Annual Conference completely virtually. With fifty sessions, fifty-seven sponsors (including ten new or returning firms), and 200 speakers, the conference offered attendees a full range of tax technical and networking opportunities. Topics covered included a presidential election preview, Brexit,… Read more »
Introducing the 2020–2021 Executive Committee
As with so many things in 2020, TEI’s Annual Meeting of Members did not go off as expected. However, over the course of three days in August, TEI’s incoming Executive Committee (EC) met, the Annual Meeting of Members was held, and the new Board of Directors was sworn in—all through… Read more »
TEI Continues to Fight for You
The COVID-19 crisis has disrupted workplace practices and dramatically changed the way in-house tax professionals and government officials perform their jobs. Over the past several months, TEI has been monitoring these developments and advocating for responsive tax policy and administration solutions to better enable taxpayers and governments to navigate this… Read more »
TEI Holds Annual IRS & Treasury Department Liaison Meetings
On February 27–28, 2020, a delegation of TEI executive committee members, standing committee leaders, and Institute staff assembled in Washington, D.C., for TEI’s annual liaison meetings with the Internal Revenue Service and the U.S. Department of the Treasury. The delegation was led by Katrina H. Welch, TEI international president, under… Read more »
Help TEI Better Understand You, Our Members!
As the Institute works to provide the best opportunities—for networking, education, and advocacy—to our members, we’d appreciate it if you would take a few minutes to tell us more about yourself. It’s quick and easy to update your profile. Once you’re logged in at www.tei.org, you can edit your profile… Read more »
TEI Holds 2019 Liaison Meetings With Canada Revenue Agency and Department of Finance
On December 10–11, members of the TEI Canadian Income Tax Committee and the Canadian Commodity Tax Committee assembled in Ottawa, Ontario, for TEI’s annual liaison meetings with representatives of the Canada Revenue Agency and the Department of Finance. This year’s meetings featured robust agendas covering a range of federal income… Read more »
Early Registration Now Available for TEI’s 70th Midyear Conference
TEI’s 70th Midyear Conference will take place March 22–25, 2020, at the Grand Hyatt Washington in Washington, D.C. Take advantage of the early registration rates available now through February 10. Discounts Discounts are available for attendees from the same organization and for first-time attendees. All discounts must be applied at… Read more »


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