On May 31, 2011, TEI submitted comments to the European Commission on a Green Paper consultation titled "On the future of VAT: Towards a simpler, more robust and efficient VAT system." The comments…
On April 29, 2011, TEI submitted a letter opposing a referendum to rescind British Columbia's Harmonized Sales Tax and restore the Provincial Sales Tax. TEI's letter summarizes the Institute's…
On April 12, 2011, TEI filed a letter urging the Alabama legislature to pass bill establishing a pre-payment, independent tax appeals tribunal but raising concerns with the legislation's proposed "…
On March 30, 2011, TEI sent a letter to the OECD affirming direction of OECD's VAT/GST neutrality guidelines. TEI's comments were prepared by the Institute's European Indirect Tax Committee, whose…
On March 7, 2011, TEI submitted a letter to Finance Canada and Canada Revenue Agency recommending amendments to the Harmonized Value-added Tax System regulations to make restricted input tax credit (…
On February 24, 2011, TEI filed an amicus letter with the California Supreme Court urging the Court to grant the pending Petition for Review filed by the California Taxpayers's Association in Supreme…
On October 26, 2010, TEI submitted recommendations to the OECD on its consultation Transfer Pricing Aspects of Intangibles.
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On September 21, 2010, TEI filed an amicus letter with the California Supreme Court in River Garden Retirement Home v. Franchise Tax Board urging the court to accept the case and clarify the rules…
On September 2, 2010, TEI filed comments suggesting changes to proposed Washington Department of Revenue emergency regulations (WAC 458-20-19401, 458-20-19402 and 458-20-19403) interpreting recently…
On August 4, 2010, TEI filed a letter commenting on California AB 2498. TEI urged the California Legislature to reject the proposals that would (1) impose strict liability penalties on taxpayers…
On June 25, 2010, TEI filed answers to eight follow up questions issued by the House Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law on The Role of Congress in Developing…
On March 25, 2010, TEI filed a letter urging the Canada Department of Finance to permit sufficient time for companies to implement the new harmonized sales tax regime. TEI's letter follows amendments…