tax reform

On February 19th, TEI submitted comments to the Treasury and IRS regarding proposed regulations providing guidance under section 59A regarding the base erosion and anti-abuse tax.

On February 5, 2019, TEI submitted responsive comments and recommendations to the Internal Revenue Service concerning the new proposed regulations under sections 861 and 904 of the Code (REG-105600-18). TEI’s comments, which are reprinted below, were developed by a cross-industry working group of Tax Reform Task Force and U.S. International Tax Committee members under the stewardship of TEI lawyers Watson M. McLeish and Benjamin R. Shreck.

On November 26th, TEI submitted comments to the Treasury and IRS regarding proposed regulations providing guidance under section 951A regarding global intangible low-taxed income.

On October 9, 2018, TEI submitted responsive comments and recommendations to the Internal Revenue Service concerning the new proposed regulations under section 168(k) of the Code, which was amended by Public Law 115-97 on December 22, 2017. TEI’s comments, which are reprinted below, were developed by a cross-industry working group of Federal Tax Committee and Tax Reform Task Force members under the leadership of Colleen C. Brown, Julia Lagun, and John P. Orr Jr. Watson M. McLeish, Tax Counsel for the Institute, coordinated the preparation of TEI’s comments.

In April 2018, the Institute's legal staff worked with a diverse, cross-industry group of senior Federal Tax Committee and Tax Reform Task Force members to distill a responsive list of corporate tax guidance priorities in the wake of comprehensive tax reform.

During the first week of December 2017, a cross-industry group of senior Tax Reform Task Force members coalesced to alert the Congress to several likely unintended consequences of retaining the corporate alternative minimum tax under H.R. 1, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.