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Tax Data Management in the Post-BEPS World

The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development’s (OECD’s) Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) project represents a fundamental change to the global tax system. BEPS is already elevating the strategic profile of tax departments within multinational corporations. As leading tax and business minds around the globe flesh out what the post-BEPS world will look like, it’s becoming apparent that the tax function’s performance – and its strategic credentials – will hinge on its ability to address the massive data management challenge that BEPS and related disruptions create.

Urgent or Important? A Crucial Question for Tax Functions

In the 1950s, President Eisenhower delivered a speech in which he grouped his biggest problems into two categories, the urgent and the important. The challenge, he added, was two-fold: urgent problems were rarely important while important problems were not urgent. In 2016, tax functions confront a similar problem as they struggle to differentiate between urgent tasks and the important ways in which they should support and further business goals and performance.

What’s Your Transfer Pricing Story?

“This is happening.” That line describes an important narrative from the 14th annual International Tax Review and TPWeek Global Transfer Pricing Forum I attended in Washington D.C. recently. The event, organized in association with Deloitte, identified several important steps tax professionals should consider as they contend with “this” –the G20 and OECD’s Base Erosion and Profit Sharing (BEPS) project.

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GAAR Disharmony

“Chaos was the law of nature; order was the dream of man.”
― Henry Adams, U.S. Historian Adams’ description of chaos appears in his book, “The Education of Henry Adams,” which he wrote a century ago to describe his attempt to come to terms with the start of the 20th century, a period of rapid change and turmoil. The quote also crystalizes the experience of many tax professionals at the dawn of the 21st Century as they try to make sense of the chaotic jumble of tax-enforcement approaches and increasing use of general anti-avoidance regulations (GAARs) that vary dramatically – and confusingly – from country to country.

Insights from TEI Executive Director, Eli Dicker

Tax Executives Institute (TEI) Executive Director Eli Dicker recently visited Vertex headquarters to share his insights on the TEI membership and the future of his organization, address employee questions, huddle with our executive team and - perhaps most notably - provide a valuable dose of context.

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Tax Data Management in the Post-BEPS World

Urgent or Important? A Crucial Question for Tax Functions

What’s Your Transfer Pricing Story?

GAAR Disharmony

Insights from TEI Executive Director, Eli Dicker

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