On July 10, 2017 and August 22, 2017, TEI Tax Counsel Pilar Mata, along with Fred Nicely of the Council on State Taxation (COST), presented at the Southeastern Association of Tax Administrators (…
On August 7, 2017, TEI submitted comments to the Internal Revenue Service on the final and temporary regulations under section 385 (T.D. 9790, 81 Fed. Reg. 72,858) concerning the treatment of certain…
On August 7, 2017, TEI submitted comments to the Canada Revenue Agency ("CRA") regarding the proposed changes to the Voluntary Disclosures Program ("VDP") outlined in Draft Information Circular –…
The MTC’s Partnership Workgroup was formed in Fall 2016 to address how states should report federal adjustments arising the federal centralized partnership audit regime, which will go into effect for…
On July 28, 2017, TEI filed a letter with the Spanish Tax Agency addressing Ministerial Order HFP/417/2017 of 12 May 2017 (Order), which contains the legal and technical requirements for maintaining…
On July 24, 2017, TEI updated two existing policy statements, which pertain to independent state tax tribunals and contingency fee audit arrangements. The policy statements were prepared under…
On June 30, 2017, TEI filed comments on the Technical Paper on the Federal Carbon Pricing Backstop (“Technical Paper”) released by the Canada Department of Finance (“Finance”). In 2016, the Canadian…
On June 29, 2017, Tax Executives Institute submitted comments to the OECD on its public discussion draft regarding Implementation Guidance on Hard-to-Value Intangibles under Action 8 of the OECD’s…
On June 22, 2017, TEI’s Board of Director approved additions to TEI’s Statement of Mission, Principles, and Purpose. The additions reflect TEI’s commitment to diversity within TEI and the tax…
On June 16, 2017 TEI submitted a letter to Senator Braun and Representative Jinkins of the Washington Legislature urging the legislature to enact Senate Bill 5866, 2nd Substitute (SB 5866). SB 5866…
On June 15, 2017, TEI Tax Counsel Pilar Mata, along with Fred Nicely and Nikki Dobay of the Council on State Taxation, April Nevarez on behalf of the Institute for Professionals in Taxation, Jaye…
On June 13, 2017, TEI issued a new policy statement regarding the state implementation of the federal partnership audit rules. The policy statement provides an overview of the new federal rules,…