Liaison Meeting

On January 4, 2013, TEI submitted a letter to the European Commission noting the increasing frequency with which a number of EU Member States have refused to refund VAT to businesses that are in a repayment position and urging the Commission to take necessary actions against those Member States.

The comments were prepared under the aegis of TEI's European Indirect Tax Committee. Daniel B. De Jong of the Institute's legal staff coordinated the development of the Institute's comments.

On December 4-5, 2012, a delegation of members from TEI's Income and Commodity Tax Committees met with representatives from Canada Revenue Agency and the Department of Finance in annual liaison meetings.

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 Revenue Agency (CRA) and the Department of Finance. The agendas for the separate meetings on income and excise (GST and Customs) tax matters were prepared under the aegis of TEI's Canadian Income and Commodity Tax Committees, whose chairs are Carmine A. Arcari and Kim N. Berjian, respectively.

Income Tax Matters

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 efficient and administrable. As a follow up to that letter, three members of TEI's Canadian Commodity Tax Committee met with officials from the Ministry on December 12, 2011 to further discuss the Institute's proposals.

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 personnel, including Commissioner Joe Testa and many of his direct reports. Participants discussed the state budget, the commercial activities tax (CAT), the state's sales and use tax, and other issues.

On December 7-8, 2010, TEI held its annual liaison meetings with Canadian Department of Finance and Canada Revenue Agency.

Canada Revenue Agency

• TEI Liaison Agenda
• IncomeTax Meeting Minutes
• Excise Tax Meeting Minutes
• Written Responses

Department of Finance

On December 8-9, 2009, TEI held its annual liaison meetings on income and excise tax issues with the Canadian Department of Finance and Canada Revenue Agency. Below are the agendas for the meetings and the responses from the Canadian government.

Income Tax Issues