Tax Break

Some important tax and accounting events in the week ahead:

 Wednesday, Oct. 17

* PwC Tax’s Global Transfer Pricing Conference panel featuring representatives from the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, and the United Nations discuss transfer pricing and the challenges it presents for multinational corporations. 9:45 a.m. EDT, Sheraton New York Hotel. New York.

* Chris Wagner, chief of the IRS national office of appeals speaks to the University of California Los Angeles’ annual tax controversy institute. The Beverly Hills Hotel. Beverly Hills, California.

* Ronald Dabrowski, IRS deputy associate chief counsel, international, speaks to the International Tax Institute on new regulations that impact the way a foreign company’s acquisition of U.S. assets will be treated from a tax perspective. 12:15 p.m. EDT, Grand Hyatt. New York.

 Friday, Oct. 19

* New York University and UCLA School of Law symposium on the Internal Revenue Code at 1:00 p.m. EDT. Topics include business taxation, international taxation, the evolution of the American income tax, and other topics. New York.