150 attend TEI's financial reporting seminar.

Dallas was the site of TEI's 2011 financial reporting seminar, styled "Living under the Microscope: Financial Reporting of Tax in an Era of Hyper-Regulation." The two-day program focused on a broad array of key financial reporting and tax management topics confronting tax executives. The 150 registrants heard a best-in-class faculty address the regulatory landscape, its effect on tax accounting, current disclosure trends, and income tax accounting developments, as well as updates on IAS/GAAP convergence.

"The financial reporting committee sought to strike a balance between the policy dimensions of our field and its technical aspects," explained Donald Rath, Vice President--Tax for Synopsys, who chairs TEI's Financial Reporting Committee. "We know from our day-to day responsibilities that...