On February 14, 2012, TEI submitted a letter in support of legislation in Alabama (HB 105) that would establish a pre-payment, independent tribunal to hear appeals of tax assessments and other…
On December 6-7, 2011,TEI President David Penney and David Daubaras, the Institute's Vice President for Canadian Affairs, led a delegation of members in the 2011 liaison meetings with the Canada…
On November 15, 2011, Tax Executives Institute submitted a letter to the British Columbia Ministry of Finance containing a number of improvements to make the Provincial Sales Tax ("PST") more…
On October 5, 2011, Tax Executives Institute submitted the following comments to key leaders of the Wisconsin legislature, endorsing legislation to conform Wisconsin's tax law to federal…
On August 15, 2011, Tax Executives Institute released a policy statement setting forth the Institute's position on contingency fee audits. The statement urges jurisdictions to renounce the use of…
On July 22, 2011, Tax Executives Institute submitted the following comments to the House Committee on the Judiciary and its Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law, recommending the…
On June 1, 2011, the Institute filed an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a lower court decision allowing Iowa to tax corporations with no physical presence in the State, KFC…
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 May 5, 2011, members of TEI's Cleveland and Cincinnati Chapters attended their annual liaison meeting with the Ohio Department of Taxation. The TEI contingent met with high-level Department…
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…