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 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,…
On March 19, 2017, TEI filed a response to the European Commission’s Public Consultation on the Definitive VAT System for Business to Business (B2B) Intra-EU Transactions on Goods (Consultation).…
On March 17, 2017, TEI filed a response to the European Commission’s Public Consultation on the Reform of VAT Rates. The Consultation sought stakeholders’ views regarding the proper balance…
On March 7, 2017, TEI filed comments with the IRS regarding final, proposed, and temporary regulations addressing the recognition foreign currency gain of qualified business units under section…
On February 10, 2017, TEI submitted comments to the Canada Revenue Agency suggesting how it should formalize its procedures for valuing an employee’s personal use of the employer’s corporate aircraft…
On January 23, 2017, TEI updated its state and local tax policy statement regarding the Reporting of Federal Income Tax Adjustments. The original policy statement, issued in November 2015, noted…
On December 22, 2016, TEI filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in support of the taxpayers’ Petitions for a Writ of Certiorari in International Business Machines Corporation v.…
On December 12, 2016, TEI submitted a comment letter to the Financial Accounting Standards Board concerning proposed changes to the disclosure requirements in ASC 740 (accounting for income taxes).…
The Hill Extra interviewed TEI Tax Counsel Pilar Mata and covered TEI's State Tax Havens Policy Statement in a recent article regarding state tax haven legislation. The article notes that…
On October 11, 2016, TEI filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in Dot Foods, Inc. v. State of Washington, Department of Revenue, No. 16-308. The petition seeks review of the Washington…
On September 29, 2016, TEI filed a submission responding to the British Columbia Commission on Tax Competitiveness's call for feedback on how to improve BC's competitiveness. TEI's …