TEI's 62nd Annual Conference: program available.... and compelling.

Without question, the tax and management challenges confronting today's tax executive continue to multiply, posing challenges and opportunities not only to in-house tax professionals but also to TEI's Continuing Education Committee. Indeed, with so many tax, financial reporting, and management issues to choose among, the conference planners found it difficult to design a conference that properly balances member needs. Difficult, but clearly not impossible, as the program for this year's Annual Conference--slated for the Gaylord Palms Hotel in Orlando from October 21 to 24--proves. Without question, the program agenda presents the rich mix of technical tax, management, and industry offerings necessary for today's tax executive. The full program has been mailed to all TEI members and is available at www.tei.org.

This year's conference will begin with an intellectually stimulating and somewhat unnerving talk from Professor Marvin Zonis, emeritus professor of business at the University of Chicago. A renowned political economist, Professor Zonis will discuss global, political, and economic trends, make predictions about forthcoming changes, and offer suggestions for what companies can do to prepare.

Another highlight of the conference will be a stimulating panel discussion on the ongoing effect of financial reporting of tax matters and, in particular, FIN 48 on companies and tax departments. Moderated by TEI Financial Reporting Committee Chair Terilea Wielenga of Allergan, the panel will feature Stuart Seigel, a former IRS Chief Counsel, and Saul Rosen, Chief Tax Officer at Citigroup. They will discuss what the recent pronoucements from the FASB and IRS means for tax professionals as they cope with the challenges of managing tax and risk in an increasingly transparent world.

Senior government officials at this year's conference will include IRS Chief Counsel Donald L. Korb, as well as the Treasury Department's new Deputy Assistant Secretary (Tax Policy), Karen Gilbreath-Sowell, who addressed TEI when she was in private practice.

Conference registrants will have an array of concurrent sessions to choose among, including:

* Developing Trends in FIN48 Disclosures

* FIN48/FAS109: Traps and Trends for Senior Tax Executives

* Lessons Learned from Section 199

* [RS International Tax Initiatives

* New Corporate Tax Department Metrics

* Acquisitions and Repatriations involving Canadian Corporations

* Restraints on State Nexus

* Managing Foreign Audits

* Partnership Developments

* Severance Pay, Golden Parachutes, and Section 409A

* Practical Implications of OECD Activities

Special mention should be made of an interactive session on negotiation techniques led by Ruth Shlossman of WaterShed Associates. In addition, the conference will feature 21 industry sessions--scheduled for Monday--and separate workshops at the end of the conference will be held to address the different management challenges confronting large and not-so-large tax departments.

In addition to a rich array of technical sessions, the conference will feature exhibits by many professional services firms and other companies whose products and services can make the operation of tax departments more efficient and cost-effective.

At Tuesday's banquet, the entertainment will be Rob Magnotti, a stand-up comic whose impressions and hilarious stories will help conference participants keep things in perspective. Finally, the Tuesday night banquet will find the Institute's presenting its Honorary Membership Awards to two past presidents--J.A. (Drew) Glennie of the Calgary Chapter and Michael P. Boyle of the Seattle Chapter.

All in all, TEI's 62nd Annual Conference in Orlando will be the place to be come mid-October. Login to www.tei.org for more information and to register.

Acknowledgments

Tax Executives Institute expresses its appreciation to the following Platinum sponsors of the Institute's 2007 Annual Conference:

ADP Tax Credit Services

Baker & McKenzie LLP 

Deloitte & Touche LLP

DLA Piper US LLP

Ernst & Young LLP

Grant Thornton LLP 

Hudson Financial Solutions

KPMG LLP

Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP

McKee Nelson LLP

Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

Thomson Tax & Accounting

Vertex, Inc.