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The finance function plays a critical role in any company’s international growth. What are key considerations in pursuing emerging market opportunities? We’ll discuss:

• Defining a business case and developing an operating model that fits overall company strategies, as well as key tax and finance related considerations.
• Understanding local issues associated with International Financial Reporting Standards, statutory requirements, and nuances of the business culture.
• Designing and implementing finance organizations that can support growth in complex environments, including personnel, technology, and process implications.

Explore important opportunities and challenges associated with expansion into emerging markets based on insights from finance professionals with on-the-ground experience.

Date & Time: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 3:00 PM ET 

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Join the Association for Computers and Taxation, industry peers, and special guests from across the globe for the 2010 Annual ACT Conference.

When: May 24-26, 2010 ~ 8:00AM until 5:00PM

Where: Hilton Clearwater Beach Resort, Clearwater Beach, Florida 

Conference registration includes:

• Attendance at all General Sessions on Monday and Wednesday
• Attendance at your choice of 4 Track Sessions on Tuesday
• Breakfast and Lunch Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
• Participation at the Welcome Reception on Sunday evening
• Participation in the Vendor Expo and Reception on Monday evening
• Participation in the Networking Event on Tuesday evening
• You will also receive an attendee bag that contains information related to the conference, vendors, and a USB drive with all conference presentations included

For a complete listing of sessions please click here. 

You do not have to be a member of ACT to attend this event.

To register and learn more, please visit the Association for Computers and Taxation Web site.

Accelerate Group Financial Close: Speed Your Closing Cycle and Reduce the Cost of Compliance

The requirement to close books quickly and with quality is emerging again as an important project for today’s global finance function, especially with the increasing amount of regulatory change, including the adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and requirements to file financial statements in Extended Business Reporting Language (XBRL).

During this Webcast, you will hear from The Paragon Consulting Group, a member of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, as well as SAP, the market leader in enterprise performance management (EPM) solutions, how companies can speed their closing cycles and reduce the cost of compliance.

From this Webcast you will discover:

• The latest research into the year-end close cycle metrics of the world’s largest organizations
• Key barriers to a fast, high-quality group financial close
• Solutions to help organizations improve and sustain their close times

Presenters:

• James Fisher
  Senior Director Solution Marketing
  Enterprise Performance Management, SAP 
• David J.H. Jones
  Director, Paragon Consulting Group, a member of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
• Mark C. Herpin, CPA.CITP
  Financial Planning Manager
  IBERIABANK Corporation

DATE: Wednesday, March 3, 2010  TIME: 11 A.M. Eastern Time (U.S.) DURATION: 60 minutes

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Date: 02/16/2010
Time: 2:00 -3:00 pm EST
Cost: Complimentary
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Join Financial Executives International (FEI) and Vertex for this exclusive complimentary Webcast offering valuable insights on the future of tax technology and how it will enable your tax operations to deliver untapped strategic value.

Times have changed. Cash is tight, earnings are down. CFOs now, more than ever, need to minimize global cash taxes and effective tax rates. But their tax departments are consumed with non-strategic compliance, accounting for income taxes and controversy tasks.  How can productivity of the tax department be improved at a time when global complexity and tax workloads are on the rise? 

By tightly integrating finance and tax data management and processes.

Register for this Webcast to hear more about the technology trends making the convergence of Finance and Tax a reality, and what you can do today to prepare for the future:

• Lead the change to uncovering the strategic value of tax operations
• Gain control and transparency into your key tax drivers
• Reduce the siloed nature of global tax management
• Bring tax into your enterprise-level solutions
• Develop tight integration between financial and tax data and operations
• Build stronger relationship with your tax management

The first Joint International Indirect Tax Conference between the Institute of Indirect Taxation and the Chartered Institute of Taxation will be held at the Hilton on the Park, 22 Park Lane, London, on Thursday 25 February 2010. In addition to a wealth of learning opportunities, tax professionals can earn up to 7 accredited CPD/CPE hours.

Jointly Chaired by Michael Conlon QC, President of the Institute of Indirect Taxation and Stephen Coleclough, President of the Confédération Fiscal Européenne and Immediate Past Chairman, CIOT Technical Committee.

The Conference will bring together leading specialists from multinational corporations, top professional firms, the European Commission, Tax Chambers and HM Revenue and Customs.

Seats are limited, so reserve your spot early and receive a limited time discount on admission.

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How to Harmonize and Accelerate Financial Reporting to Meet the Challenges of IFRS

Sponsored by SAP BusinessObjects

Date: Tue, Nov 17, 2009
Time: 11:00 A.M. ET
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Duration: 1 hour

Later this year, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will discuss whether publicly-listed companies in the U.S. will need to transition their financial reporting from U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (U.S. GAAP) to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). Such a transition will likely have a significant impact on all operational areas – and not just on finance and accounting departments – within publicly-listed firms.

From this webcast, you will learn how to address key differences between U.S. GAAP and IFRS to enable your company to minimize risks, costs and timeframes associated with fulfilling new financial reporting requirements.

Presenters

Ian Wright
Principal, SAP Practice
Deloitte Consulting LLP

Alfred Popken
Principal
Deloitte & Touche LLP
 
Tom Yoder
National Practice Lead
IFRS/ERP General Ledger
SAP

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Date:  June 22-24, 2009
Location:  Walt Disney World Contemporary Resort, Orlando, FL

Join other tax professionals at the one conference designed to help you gain the knowledge necessary to achieve operational excellence within your tax department. ACT delivers engaging content for tax and IT professionals alike by delivering:

Case Studies

Come hear how Nationwide Insurance created tax department efficiencies.  Learn how you can prepare for IFRS convergence, as well as how you can better manage the complex issues surrounding your provision and your global tax return.

See how The Walt Disney Company utilizes technological innovations to manage compliance projects.  See how you can improve your sales and use tax automation, increase your cash flow, gain an understanding of what social networking means to tax, learn about DART tools, as well as get trained by a Microsoft Professional on Office 2007.

Learning & Information Sharing

You will also have an opportunity to join in roundtables specifically designed for attendees to share issues and ideas with their peers on topics such as basic tax information for IT professionals, managing a global tax department, ensuring data integrity, and software conversion and general tax department best practices.

Networking

As always, the conference will include the Welcome Reception on Sunday evening where you can meet other members, the Vendor Expo on Monday where you can visit with leading tax software vendors and consultants to see what solutions are available, and the networking event on Tuesday where you can talk with other corporate tax professionals in a casual, fun environment.

For a full description of the sessions or to register for the conference, please visit:  http://www.taxact.org

Learn more about the event that is reshaping the future of tax.

The Tax 2.0 Executive Forum 2009 is a highly collaborative one-day event where senior-level corporate tax executives come together for an inspired day of networking, small group sessions, and the exchange of ideas and innovations on the critical issues affecting the corporate tax industry.

Explore the Tax 2.0 Agenda and other resources here.