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: Committee on Taxation (COT)

CPC-P and COT Urge Support for BATSA
FEI Supports Amendment to Repeal 3% Withholding Mandate
FEI Committee on Taxation November 2010 Meeting Minutes
FEI's COT and CGB Ask House Committee to Investigate 3% Withholding Mandate
FEI Express Public Company Edition #84
COT Joins FEI Committees on Letter to FASB Regarding Loss Contingencies Proposal
FEI Committees share views on the FASB's proposed Accounting Standards Update Contingencies
The Committees on Corporate Reporting, Government Business, and Taxation ("The Committees") of Financial Executives International ("FEI") appreciate the opportunity to share their views on the FASB‟s proposed Accounting Standards Update Contingencies (Topic 450), Disclosure of Certain Loss Contingencies, (the "ED") dated July 20, 2010. FEI Committee on Taxation - June 2010 Meeting Minutes
FEI Comments On IRS Announcement 2010-9 On Uncertain Tax Positions
FEI's Committee on Taxation filed a comment letter to the IRS on Announcement 2010-9: Uncertain Tax Positions - Policy of Restraint. FEI Sends Letter To House Expressing Concern With International Tax Increases In Jobs Bill
On May 26, 2010, FEI's Committee on Taxation sent a letter to the House expressing concern with several significaqnt tax increases included in H.R. 4212. FEI Committee on Taxation February 2010 Notes
National Committees
IRS Proposes Increased Disclosure Of Uncertain Tax Positions
On Jan. 26, 2010 the IRS published an Announcement describing proposed new disclosures relating to Uncertain Tax Positions. FEI Files Amicus Brief With Supreme Court On Textron Case
On Jan. 27, 2010 FEI filed an amicus curiae "friend of the court" brief with the Supreme Court of the United States in support of a petition for review fo the U.S. vs. Textron case. FEI Committee on Taxation - October 2009 Meeting Minutes
FEI Committee on Taxation June 2009 Meeting Minutes
COT and CGB Voices Concerns with 3% Withholding Requirement to House of Representatives
FEI’s COT & Other Associations filed Amicus Brief in the 9th Circuit Federal Court of Appeals in Sup
FEI Committees Ask IRS And U.S. Treasury To Address Liquidity Issue By Extending IRS Notice 200
FEI Asks IRS, U.S. Treasury To Address Liquidity Issue By Extending IRS Notice 2008-91
COT Sends Letter to IRS Commissioner Addressing “Cell Phone Use Tax”
cover story: July 09
The Obama administration’s new proposals would greatly alter international tax rules as they apply to U.S.-based organizations, which already pay one of the highest corporate tax rates in the world. COT Supports H.R. 1083, Business Activity Tax Simplification Act of 2009
FEI Committee On Taxation Urges Congress To Help U.S. Businesses Stay Competitive
February 2009 COT Meeting Minutes
COT Joins LIFO Coalition’s Comments to the SEC on the Proposed IFRS Roadmap
House Passes Stimulus Legislation, Moves To Senate
On Jan. 28, 2009, the full House voted 244-188 to pass the $819 billion economic stimulus bill, "The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act." DOJ Revises Charging Guidelines on Privilege; Some Say Legislation Still Necessary
On Aug. 28, 2008, the Department of Justice revised its charging guidelines - formally known as the Principles of Federal Prosecution of Business Organizations. Some are still calling for legislative action, to protect attorney-client privilege. FEI Files Amicus Brief In Textron Case About Attorney-Client, Tax Practioner-Client Privilege
Douglas H. Shulman Named IRS Commissioner
IRS Proposes Reg's On Capitalization Of Tangible Assets
FEI Reiterates Opposition To Revenue Raising Tax Proposals
FEI Commends IRS For Reconsidering Policy On Access To Tax Accrual Workpapers
FEI Tax Committee Supports Nonresident Withholding Legislation
FEI's Committee on Taxation has signed a letter of support for H.R. 3359, the Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Fairness and Simplification Act of 2007. FEI Tax Committee: 'Rangel Bill May Harm Global Competitiveness'
FEI Tax Committee Again Opposes Executive Compensation Tax
FEI's Committee on Taxation (COT) has submitted correspondence [link to Word document letter] to the chairs and ranking members of the Congressional tax-writing committees urging them to resist two revenue-raising tax provisions on executive compensation. FEI Tax Committee Opposes Efforts To Codify Economic Substance Doctrine
FEI Tax Committee Testimony re Senate Revenue Raising Proposals
FEI Tax Committee Urges Policy of Restraint re Tax Accrual Workpapers
FEI Tax Committee Opposes Non-Qualified Deferred Comp Provisions
FEI Summary FEI’s Committee on Taxation submitted correspondence to House and Senate leaders expressing strong objections to a provision included in S. 349, the “Small Business and Work Opportunity Act of 2007.” FEI Tax Committee Requests Delay for FIN 48
FEI’s Committee on Taxation (COT) has submitted a letter to the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) requesting a one-year delay in the implementation of FIN 48. FIN 48 prescribes how a company should recognize, measure, present and disclose in its financial statements uncertain tax positions that the company has taken or expects to take on a tax return.
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