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Dare to make a difference - get involved!
Jul 01, 2008; ... When I left public accounting in 1983 to become Tax Manager for Canada Development Corporation, there was no question that I would join the Toronto Chapter of Tax Executives Institute. Even if I had not come to appreciate the value of TEI during my 11 years with Arthur Andersen, my ...
Transcendent contributions.
Jul 01, 2008; ... In the late spring of 1988, I sat in the office of my boss, then-TEI Executive Director Tom Kerester, with Tom and the Institute's President, Larry Langdon of the Santa Clara Valley Chapter. Lato, had come to Washington for a variety of reasons, including to interview the two finalists for ...
Vince Alicandri becomes TEI's 60th president.(Tax Executives Institute)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Vincent Alicandri of the Toronto Chapter became the 60th President of Tax Executives Institute at the conclusion of TEI's Annual Meeting of Members in August. The meeting, which was held in Brewster, Massachusetts, marked the end of the term for Robert J. McDonough of the New England ...
Global issues dominate TEI's summer: U.S. contract manufacturing, Canadian tax reform, European consolidated tax base, Ontario legislation all command attention.(Tax Executives Institute)
Jul 01, 2008 ... The increasingly global reach of TEI's advocacy was evident this summer in the submissions filed by Tax Executives Institute. In Canada, TEI weighed in on federal tax reform and retroactive legislation in Ontario. A second set of comments was filed on a proposal to consolidate the ...
Excitement in Boston building to October's fevered pitch for ... TEI's 63rd Annual Conference.(Tax Executives Institute)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Can a city be more frenetic than Boston in October during a chase for baseball's world championship? The energy and enthusiasm are infectious for fans, non fans, and even diehard Yankee fans. So, too, tax executives from around the globe can catch the fever when they convene at the Westin ...
Virtual manufacturing and the proposed contract manufacturing regulations.
Jul 01, 2008; ... Introduction On February 27, 2008, the Internal Revenue Service issued the long-awaited proposed regulations dealing with whether contract manufacturing arrangements entered into by a controlled foreign corporation (CFC) will constitute manufacturing for subpart F purposes. The ...
Optimizing business incentives: preparation and creativity are the keys.
Jul 01, 2008; ... Competition among state and local governments has resulted in a daunting array of incentives, including cash grants, tax credits and abatements, infrastructure assistance, land grants, utility rate reductions, and streamlined permitting. Each program has its own rules and is tied to ...
The Glaxo Canada tax case: a bitter pill.
Jul 01, 2008; ... Almost two years after settling its multi-billion dollar transfer pricing case with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) received another adverse decision, this time in Canada. While the dispute with the IRS focused on the creation of marketing intangibles in the ...
Comments on Canada's system of international taxation.
Jul 01, 2008 ... On July 15, 2008, Tax Executives Institute submitted the following comments to the Advisory Panel on Canada's System of International Taxation to enhance the competitiveness and fairness of Canada's international tax policy and administration. The comments were prepared under the aegis of ...
TEI's comments on proposed contract manufacturing regulations.(Tax Executives Institute)
Jul 01, 2008 ... On June 11, 2008, Tax Executives Institute filed the following comments on the proposed regulations relating to contract manufacturing arrangements under section 954(d) of the Internal Revenue Code. The comments were prepared under the aegis of TEI's International Tax Committee, whose ...
TEI comments on EU's common consolidated corporate tax base.(Tax Executives Institute)
Jul 01, 2008 ... On June 30, 2008, Tax Executives Institute submitted the following comments to Thomas Neale, Head of the European Commission's Task Force charged with developing a proposal for a common consolidated corporate tax base (CCCTB) throughout the European Union. TEI's comments were prepared ...
Comments to Ontario Minister of Finance on the retroactive amendment of Retail Sales Tax Act.
Jul 01, 2008 ... On June 20, 2008, Tax Executives Institute submitted the following comments to Dwight Duncan, Minister of Finance for the Province of Ontario, concerning the retroactive amendment of the Retail Sales Tax Act to overturn a taxpayer-favorable decision of the Ontario Court of Appeals. The ...
Chapter employment committees.(Directory)
Jul 01, 2008 ... 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 committee chairs listed below. Members who are temporarily unemployed can continue their ...
A winning team.
May 01, 2008; ... I'm a Red Sox fan. I used those words at the beginning of my first column as TEI President nearly a year ago, and it seems fitting to use them again in my last column. It's been a good year to be a Red Sox fan. The team's World Series victory, coming as it did on the heels of TEI's Annual ...
TEI's chapters continue to impress.(Tax Executives Institute)
May 01, 2008; ... My travels in April and May give further proof that the strength of Tax Executives Institute lies in the network of 54 chapters around the world and its cadre of volunteer leaders. In mid-April, I trekked to Minneapolis for the chapter's 25th Annual President's Seminar. This low-cost, ...
LMSB's Debbie Nolan receives TEI's Distinguished Service Award.(IRS's Large and Mid-Size Division, Tax Executives Institute)(Speech)
May 01, 2008 ... Imagine that one day you received a call from the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, Charles Rossotti, saying, "I want to consider the opportunity of a lifetime, a business proposition to transform tax administration for corporate America." You can: * Build your own ...
State & local, Canadian activities top TEI's spring agenda: comments also filed on cafeteria plan regs, employment tax rules for disregarded entities.(Tax Executives Institute)
May 01, 2008 ... TEI's technical committees have had a busy spring, preparing comments on issues as diverse as a federal law to provide a uniform standard for taxing out-of-state workers, Alabama's add-back statute, and the reduction of the paperwork burden in Canada. The Institute also commented on ...
CRA Commissioner, government officials highlight 42nd Annual Canadian Tax Conference: Institute presents Distinguished Service Award to CRA's Ed Gauthier.(Canada Revenue Agency)
May 01, 2008 ... TEI Vice President for Region I (Canada) Munir A. Suleman welcomed more than 150 members, guests, government officials, and sponsors to the 42nd Annual Canadian Tax Conference held May 4-7, 2008, in Gatineau, Quebec. The strong participation and support of Canadian government ...
Advancing TEI's social responsibility: on April 6, 2008, the Board of Directors of Tax Executives Institute adopted the following Report on Social Responsibility. Future issues of the magazine will discuss the implementation of the nine-point action plan approved by the Board.(Tax Executives Institute)
May 01, 2008 ... Introduction--The Growth of Corporate Social Responsibility Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is a concept whereby a company or other enterprise considers the interests of society by taking responsibility for the effect of its activities on customers, suppliers, employees ...
The pursuit of transparency does not trump the work product privilege.
May 01, 2008; ... In the past decade, the role of corporate tax executives has drastically changed, with executives are operating in an environment with more burdensome requirements and with greater demands for transparency by the financial statement auditors and the Internal Revenue Service. Today's ...