TEI sets course(s) for 2006.

Tax Executives Institute has set the calendar, location, and fees for its 2006 tax courses. During the coming year, the Institute will hold four core training programs at conference centers associated with major universities, and a fifth at a class A conference hotel. Here's the schedule for 2006:

May 1-5     Federal Tax Course-Level I    $1,800
            Michigan State University
            East Lansing Michigan

Jun 20-23   State & Local Tax Course      $1,400
            Emory University
            Atlanta, Georgia

Jul 17-21   International Tax Course      $1,800
            Georgia Tech University
            Atlanta, Georgia

Aug 21-25   Federal Tax Course-Level II   $1,800
            IUPUI
            Indianapolis, Indiana

Week of     Canadian Tax Course           TBD
Sept 18     Toronto, Ontario

David L. Bernard of Kimberly-Clark Corporation, chair of TEI's Continuing Education Committee, explained that this will mark the first time that TEI will hold programs at Emory University and Georgia Tech. "We continue to look for top-flight venues to host our conferences, and registrants for our State & Local and International courses are in for a treat. These facilities are state of the art in every respect, and since they both are conveniently located near Atlanta's airport, our students will have an easy time getting to and from the program." He added that the two other university venues TEI will use during the year--Michigan State University's Kellogg Center and Indiana University/Purdue University in Indianapolis (IUPUI)--have undergone extensive renovations, so the students at the Institute's Level I and Level II Federal courses will not be shortchanged.

Mr. Bernard announced that TEI members will be able to register for all these programs (via TEI's website) by the middle of January. He also explained that, after five years of holding the line on course fees, the Institute is increasing the fees by $100. Even still, he continued, "our programs remain a terrific bargain." For example, Mr. Bernard continued, another organization's basic state and local tax course--featuring the same topics and many of the same speakers--costs nearly a thousand dollars more than TEI's. And, unlike other organizations, TEI limits attendance at its educational programs to in-house tax professionals, thereby providing tax executives with a nurturing and solicitation-free environment in which to network.

Mr. Bernard noted that in response to feedback from students, the State and Local Tax Course had been shortened by one day (and the fee reduced accordingly). Finally, he noted that the Institute will hold a Canadian Tax Course for the first time in seven years. The program will be held in Toronto next September, but the planners have not yet decided whether it will be four for five days long. Please check TEI's website for updates.