TEI has filed two letters with British Columbia's Ministry of Finance proposing changes to British Columbia's provincial sales tax and carbon tax. TEI's August 31, 2015 letter, filed with the Tax…
TEI and other stakeholder groups recently met with representatives of the IRS’s Large Business and International Division to review and offer comments on five draft research credit directives.…
On August 28, 2015, TEI submitted a letter to the Canadian Department of Finance urging exception for stock-based compensation programs from potential representation requirements at issue in proposed…
On August 14, 2015, TEI submitted comments to the FASB concerning proposed improvements to the employee share-based payment accounting rules—Topic 718. TEI’s comments focus on the FASB’s proposal to…
On August 3, 2015, TEI submitted comments to the IRS on proposed regulations (REG-132634-14) relating to qualifying income from activities of publicly traded partnerships with respect to minerals or…
On July 16, 2015, TEI submitted a letter to Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker urging his veto of the Legislature's proposed repeal of Massachusetts' FAS 109 deduction as part of the Commonwealth's…
On July 6, 2015, TEI filed an amicus brief supporting the taxpayer's petition for writ of certiorari in Hambleton v. Washington Department of Revenue, No. 14-1436. Hambleton challenges the Washington…
TEI Files Amicus Brief With U.S. Supreme Court in Massachusetts' First Marblehead Apportionment Case
On July 2, 2015, TEI filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in a Massachusetts case challenging the application of the internal consistency test, First Marblehead Corp. v. Massachusetts…
On June 17, 2015, TEI submitted comments on the OECD revised discussion draft on BEPS Action 8: Hard-to-Value Intangibles. The Institute's comments focused on the need to limit the use of ex post…
On June 16, 2015, TEI submitted comments on the OECD revised discussion draft on BEPS Action 6: Prevent Treaty Abuse. The Institute's comments focused on the need for certainty in the determination…
On June 12, 2015, TEI submitted comments on the Canadian Government's proposals to provide targeted relief from the withholding and remittance requirements that otherwise apply to non-resident…
On May 28, 2015, TEI submitted comments on the OECD BEPS discussion draft Action 8: Revisions to Chapter VIII of the Transfer Pricing Guidelines on Cost Contribution Arrangements (CCAs). The…