TeleStrategies’ Communications Taxation 2026

Turning communications tax insight into day‑to‑day practice
TeleStrategies’ Communications Taxation 2026 brings together communications-industry tax and compliance leaders for three days of practical learning and peer exchange.  
The program spans telecom taxation, regulatory compliance, and fees, with sessions focused on ways to lower tax cost, strengthen compliance, streamline tax operations, prepare for audits, and use real-world precedent and case studies to reduce liabilities across today’s mix of services (wireline, mobile, cable, Internet, VoIP, enterprise services, plus cloud, social media, and content offerings).

Day one includes a pre-conference “Understanding Communications Taxation” tutorial, followed by workshops on USF reporting challenges, building GenAI agents for everyday tax work, and telecommunications tax compliance.

Keynotes and panels run May 7 – 8, with networking built in (including the conference reception).

CLA’s Bradley O’Donnell will present the following informative session:

Closing the Strategy-to-System Gap: A Practical Blueprint for Telecom Tax 
Friday, May 7  |  9:10 – 10 a.m.

Telecom tax strategy often starts with a strong advisory position — then loses momentum as it collides with product catalogs, bundles, billing constraints, exemption data gaps, and constantly shifting jurisdictional rules. 

This session walks through a practical framework for converting tax strategy into governed system logic that stands up to audit and reduces operational churn. 

Specific topics include:

• Where telecom tax strategies break down in execution
• Disconnects between tax policy, product teams, and billing systems
• What auditors actually test versus documented intent
• Why advisory memos alone do not equal compliance
• Translating advisory guidance into tax-engine logic
• Product mapping, jurisdictional rules, and rate automation
• System-driven defensibility and audit readiness
• Reducing manual overrides and compliance gap

CLA’s Douglas Hoff will present the following informative session:

Acquiring or Getting Acquired? Key Things That the Tax Department Should Consider
Friday, May 7  |  11:10 a.m. – noon

Join our panel as we discuss key post-transaction aspects from the tax department perspective. The discussion will focus on crucial planning areas to enable a smooth transition and enhance the benefits of the deal.

• Potential risks exposed during due diligence and how to rectify them
• Impact on consolidation for bundle cost allocations and traffic studies
• Tax rating/billing system consolidations
• Tax compliance