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December 15, 2017

Taking the Sting out of Mandatory Repatriation: Consider OFLs, NOLs, and FTCs

As we approach the final stages in the tax reform process, the details and what-if scenarios are swarming. One detail everyone should be aware of is that the House and Senate bills impose a tax on the deferred foreign income of U.S. shareholders of CFCs as part of the transition to a territorial system of taxation. In short, the amount of non-previously taxed E&P of a U.S. shareholder’s CFCs is included in the shareholder’s 2017 Subpart F income.

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December 07, 2017

Mountain or Molehill? Keeping Tax Policy Change in Perspective

U.S. tax reform is finally becoming clearer. What can your tax department be doing in the near term to quantify the impact and identify tax planning opportunities and issues?

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September 13, 2017

Here is Your International Tax Compliance Checklist

With the end of compliance season rapidly approaching, now is the time to review common pitfalls in international tax compliance and how to avoid them. Overlooking some of these details exposes you to significant penalties and potential for future risk. Consider these areas to avoid unnecessary penalties and maximize your tax position before you file. Here is your international tax compliance checklist.

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August 02, 2017

Co-Sourcing Tax Department Functions: the When and the Why?

Staffing is a critical component of any tax department and generally used as a reflection point (or otherwise a barometer) to determine what role the department will ultimately play within the company. Typically, tax departments approach staffing in one of three ways: insourced, out-sourced or co-sourced. Read this blog to learn more about when and why co-sourcing may be a good approach for your tax department.

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May 18, 2017

How to Speed Up Tax Data Preparation for 5471 Schedule M and Sales & Use Tax Compliance

Think about the burden lifted from your tax team by speeding up the data preparation and calculations for complex tax processes. In this blog, we cover automating data assembly for 5471 Schedule M and Sales & Use Tax Compliance. We provide practical examples of what happens when you can quickly manipulate source data into useable formats and the steps that can be automated.

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May 05, 2017

Ask the Right Questions for Your Sales and Use Tax Compliance Process

The management of sales and use tax compliance can be complicated. Especially if your process is manual. To make it more manageable, you need to first ask the right questions about your data, your process, and your resources.

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February 14, 2017

It’s Not the Plan That’s Important, It’s the Planning: Practical Guide to Preparing for Tax Reform

As President Donald Trump and the Republican-led Congress attempt to define a comprehensive tax reform package, details on policy changes are elusive. However, initial tax proposals released by the Trump Administration and House Republicans provide broad guidelines for what can be expected. As the saying goes, "it's not the plan that's important, it's the planning" -- so read on for what's in the proposal, and a practical guide to preparing for tax reform.

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November 02, 2016

Why Your ERP Is Not Going to Work for Tax Depreciation (and what to do about it)

An ERP system can be highly effective. However, as you may have already found, this is not the case for the Tax Department, especially with regard to accurately and efficiently calculating tax depreciation. Luckily, there is an alternative. Read the blog to learn other solutions to help streamline the calculation.

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