Tei's Guideposts for Tax Reform: October 15, 2009 (Tax Executives Institute‪)‬

On October 15, Tax Executives Institute submitted the following comments to President Obama's Task Force on Tax Reform (chaired by Paul Volcker) and the tax-writing committees of Congress. The document is the product of months of work by TEI's Task Force on Tax Reform whose membership reflects the breadth and depth of the Institute's membership. The task force is chaired by Philip G. Cohen of Unilever United States, Inc. Eli J. Dicker, TEI Chief Tax Counsel, serves as legal staff liaison to the task force. As the preeminent association of in-house tax professionals worldwide, Tax Executives Institute appreciates the opportunity to comment on key principles that should frame the debate on tax reform. TEI's 7,000 members represent more than 3,000 companies in the United States, Canada, Europe, and Asia. Our members deal with the tax laws--in the United States and throughout the world --on a day-to-day basis, and we are proud of our record of working with Congress, the Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service, and their counterparts around the globe to improve both tax policy and tax administration.