TEI's 69th Midyear Conference: Maximizing Your Tax Smorgasbord!(Tax Executives Institute) (President's page)

AuthorSilvestri, James

As I write this, TEI is on final approach to deliver its 69th Midyear Conference, themed "Navigating the TCJA Regulatory Framework: Questions and Quandaries." To help you analyze more than 1,200 pages of Tax Cuts and Jobs Act-related regulations, as well as examine the state and local tax, tax management, and technology-related impacts of this legislation, we are delighted to have assembled a diverse instructor cadre drawn from more than forty professional services firms. As important, we look forward to hearing from David Kautter, assistant secretary for tax policy at the Department of the Treasury, IRS Commissioner Chuck Rettig, as well as tax regulators from key state Departments of Revenue to help us better understand some of the policy decisions that were made in developing this regulatory framework, as well as the state tax implications of those decisions. Introduce yourself to our instructor cadre whose areas of expertise are directly related to the work you do, swap business cards and discuss your issues and concerns.

Indeed, your challenge may very well involve selecting among various sessions of equal interest to you and relevance to your day-to-day duties. I urge you to maximize your use of the Midyear Conference app (point any browser to my.tei.org) so you can access, download, and review the materials prepared for both sessions you will be able to attend as well as those that you won't.

Outside of formal, CPE-eligible conference sessions, I would argue that another TEI "conference" is actually taking place, one where members are actively re-engaging with their peers to catch up, compare notes, vent, and explore new opportunities. Again, please maximize your conference time to catch up in these ways as well. Over the years, one of my practices has been to take a moment to annotate the conference attendance list and identify who specifically that I need to catch up with, bump into, or try...

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