TEI sets education calendar.
TEI's Continuing Education Committee has announced the
Institute's schedule of educational events for the next 18 months.
The Institute will offer seminars on financial reporting, advanced . . .
All taxes (and politics) may be local ... but effective advocacy
is global.(Recent Activities)
The global reach and effectiveness of Tax Executives
Institute's advocacy efforts has been in full display this spring,
according to TEI President David L. Bernard. From filing a "friend
of the . . .
Legal and practical issues in applying FIN 48.
In June 2006 the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued
Interpretation No. 48 (FIN 48), which addresses accounting for
uncertainty in income taxes? This article proposes a practical . . .
Chapter Employment Committees.
Most TEI chapters have formed Employment Committees to provide
information to members seeking employment and companies seeking to fill
positions. For specific information, please write or call the . . .
International tax directors meet in Madrid.
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Caption: International Tax Directors Forum. During the May 2007
meeting of the International Tax Directors Forum in Madrid, TEI
Executive Director Timothy McCormally . . .
Senior tax executives discuss tax, risk, and management at Indian
Wells.
More than 125 chief tax officers and other senior tax professionals
attended TEI's Fourth Annual Senior Tax Executives Conference in
mid-May. The two-day conference in Palm Springs afforded the . . .
Let's combine the income and payroll taxes into a rational
tax system.
Many of the problems of the current tax system are attributable to
there being two major taxes imposed on individuals: income taxes and
Social Security payroll taxes. Under current law, Social . . .
A conversation with the new Chief of Appeals: an interview with
Sarah Hall Ingram.(Interview)
TEI: Sarah, you've been Chief of Appeals for more than six
months now. Is Appeals what you expected? How have you found the state
of Appeals?
Sarah Hall Ingram (SHI): I've worked with Appeals . . .
Proposed revision of Form 5471.
The Internal Revenue Service recently sought input from Tax
Executives Institute and other stakeholders regarding proposed changes
to Form 5471, Information Return of U.S. Persons with respect to . . .
Supplemental comments on the proposed "Tangibles
Regulations".
On June 19, 2007, TEI President David L. Bernard submitted a letter
to Assistant Treasury Secretary for Tax Policy Eric Solomon providing
supplemental comments on the proposed regulations relating . . .
TEI urges Supreme Court to clarify nexus standard: argues in MBNA
case for clear-cut physical presence standard.(Tax Executives
Tax Executives Institute has filed a brief amicus curiae with the
Supreme Court of the United States in a case involving whether states
may constitutionally impose income and franchise taxes on . . .
A year of challenge and accomplishment.(President's
page)
The calendar does not lie. And the calendar says that a year has
passed since I met with TEI s 2006-2007 Regional Vice Presidents and
Chapter Presidents to outline a set of proposed objectives for . . .
Do you know where your employees' wages are? New section 199
W-2 wage limitation guidance.
Background
Section 199 was added to the Internal Revenue Code (1) by section
102 of the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 (2) and was amended by
section 403(a) of the Gulf Opportunity Zone Act . . .
TEI member comments on Form 5471: July 2007.
Note: These comments are a compilation of recommendations received
from TEI's members on Form 5471.
After the June 6th meeting with the IRS, TEI circulated 13
questions among the members of its . . .
Comments relating to the treatment of transaction costs required
to be capitalized under section 263.
On July 13, 2007, TEI President David L. Bernard submitted a letter
to Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Tax Policy Eric Solomon and
Acting IRS Commissioner Kevin Brown relating to the . . .
Bidding adieu to TEI mainstays.(Tax Executives
Institute)(Obituary)
Spring is a time of commencements, as students at all levels finish
their studies, give a nod of appreciation and thanks to their teachers
and mentors, and then head off into the world. This year, . . .
Measuring tax benefits under FIN 48 - eliminating some of the
agita.
The Financial Accounting Standards Board's Interpretation No.
48 (FIN 48) has generated much agita (1) for corporate tax departments.
While several parts of FIN 48 are responsible for this stomach . . .
Calendar of events.(Calendar)
Date Events
2007
July 9-13 Federal Tax Course--Level II
(IUPUI--Indianapolis, IN)
August 12-14 Annual Meeting of Members/
. . .
Brief of Tax Executives Institute, Inc. as amicus curiae: on July
18, 2007 Tax Executives Institute filed this brief with the Su
IN THE
Supreme Court of the United States
No. 06-1413
MEADWESTVACO CORPORATION
v.
ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE
On Petition for a Writ of Certiorari
Interest of Amicus Curiae
. . .
A survey of sales, use, and VAT tax solutions.
As a business progresses through the growth cycle, from start-up to
Fortune 100, there is a need to assess periodically the methods and
systems used to comply with sales, use, and VAT tax laws. . . .
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