http://tax2point0.com Corporate Tax Insights Thought Leadership Industry Poertal Wed, 24 Feb 2010 13:36:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://tax2point0.com/blog/2010/02/24/cfo-webcast-speed-the-close/ When the FASB issued its FIN 48 exposure draft back in 2005, corporate taxpayers were in an uproar that FIN 48 would give the IRS a roadmap into their aggressive tax return positions. As we all have learned over time, FIN 48 without the associated workpapers was less of a ... http://tax2point0.com/blog/2010/02/04/irs-end-runs-restraint-on-tax-accrual-workpapers/ Date: 02/16/2010 Time: 2:00 -3:00 pm EST Cost: Complimentary Register 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, ... http://tax2point0.com/blog/2010/01/21/convergence-of-finance-tax-webcast-with-fei/ 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 ... http://tax2point0.com/blog/2009/12/17/international-indirect-tax-conference-february-2010/ There are no delusions that converting from GAAP to IFRS will be herculean effort for most tax departments, but with the increasing globalization of business the switch is inevitable. However, peril can be turned into promise! SAP explores the process changes, the technology shifts and the inherent benefits of the GAAP to ... http://tax2point0.com/blog/2009/12/08/ifrs-%e2%80%94-more-than-a-mandate-an-opportunity-for-improved-efficiency/ 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 What time is this for me? 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 ... http://tax2point0.com/blog/2009/11/10/cfo-ifrs-webcast/ Sometimes, to move forward you have to take a step back. Deloitte delivers sound advice for tax departments struggling with the deluge of regulatory and business climate changes over the past few years with this insightful paper “Tax Accounting Processes: Time to get back to basics?” Read more on the Deloitte ... http://tax2point0.com/blog/2009/10/28/back-to-square-one-fortifying-against-material-weakness/ One might think that the mantra “Think Globally — Act Locally” is reserved solely for environmentalists. The Whitepaper “Tax Operational Strategy and Execution: Can Tax Departments Keep Pace?” from Deloitte explores how this mantra is exactly how tax departments need to start thinking about their processes and systems — not ... http://tax2point0.com/blog/2009/09/28/think-globally-%e2%80%94-act-locally/ The tax department is under siege and being bombarded from all sides of the organization to add higher value in infinitely shorter cycles of time. No longer being able to rest after compliance activities are completed – today’s tax professional must be a tax prognosticator, parsing and dissecting data to ... http://tax2point0.com/blog/2009/09/16/spreadsheets-%e2%80%93-the-death-of-tax-analysis/ It’s no surprise that the benefits of tax department and IT synergy can be numerous and far reaching. So why are so many tax departments still relying on manual data management and other time-consuming manual processes?   This week Tax 2.0 offers an insightful blog from Ventana Research exploring the relationship ... http://tax2point0.com/blog/2009/08/26/how-it-can-help-pay-taxes/