Compliance

Canadian 2025-26 Pre-Budget Finance Committee Consultation - TEI Comments

On July 31, 2025, TEI submitted recommendations to the Canadian House of Commons' Standing Committee on Finance regarding its pre-Budget consultations for the 2025-26 fiscal year. TEI recommended the Canadian government conduct a comprehensive review of (i) the tax compliance burden faced by Canadian taxpayers; (ii) the income tax audit process, from the start of the audit itself through to the appeals and dispute resolution process; and (iii) the overly complex and burdensome foreign affiliate taxing and reporting regime.

TEI Submits Comments to the IRS in Response to Notice 2017-36 on the Final Documentation Regulations Under Section 385

In August 2017, a diverse working group comprising members of the Federal Tax Committee, U.S. International Committee, and Tax Reform Task Force reconvened to produce responsive comments to Notice 2017-36, One-Year Delay in the Application of § 1.385-2, on the final debt documentation regulations under section 385.

TEI Submits Comments to the IRS in Response to Notice 2017-38 on the Final and Temporary Section 385 Regulations

In July 2017, a diverse working group comprising members of the Federal Tax Committee, U.S. International Committee, and Tax Reform Task Force coalesced to produce responsive comments to Notice 2017-38, Implementation of Executive Order 13789 (Identifying and Reducing Tax Regulatory Burdens), on the final and temporary regulations under section 385.

TEI Submits Comments on Proposed Changes to the Canada Revenue Agency’s Voluntary Disclosures Program

In July 2017, a diverse working group comprising members of the Canadian Income Tax Committee and Canadian Commodity Tax Committee coalesced to produce responsive comments to the Canada Revenue Agency’s proposed changes to the Voluntary Disclosures Program.

TEI Comments on § 385 Proposed Regulations Allowing IRS to Recharacterize Related-Party Debt to Equity

On July 6, 2016, TEI submitted comments to the Internal Revenue Service regarding its proposed regulations for 26 U.S.C. § 385, which would give the IRS broad authority to recharacterize related-party debt to equity. We submitted these comments pursuant to the REG-108060-15 notice of proposed rulemaking. The comments discuss the negative macroeconomic effects the proposed regulations could have, the technical tax complexities they would create for corporate taxpayers, and suggested changes Treasury and IRS should make to the proposed regulations before finalizing them.