Tax Conference - 2005
Agenda

Registration

Opening Remark by Mr. Yasushi Oonishi, Director for Tax Treaty Policy, International Tax Policy Division, Tax Bureau, Ministry of Finance

Opening Remark by Peter McCawley, Dean, ADB Institute

Opening Remark by Woo Chull Chung, Representative Director-General, Japan Representative Office, Asian Development Bank

Key Note Speech: Where Do Developing Economies Stumble in Tax Reform?: Experiences from Viet Nam by Eiji Tajika, Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo

Recent Developments in Japan’s International Taxation by Kentaro Ogata, First Deputy Director, International Tax Policy Division, Tax Bureau, Ministry of Finance

Treaty Shopping and Anti-Abuse Measures by Aurobindo Ponniah, Head, Asia Pacific (Research and Information) International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation Amsterdam (IBFD)

Cocktail Reception

Taxation of Partnerships by Bart Kosters, Principal Tax Expert, IBFD

Application of Tax Treaties to Partnership—Case Study by Bart Kosters and Aurobindo Ponniah, IBFD

Speech by Yasushi Onishi, Director for Tax Treaty Policy, International Tax Policy Division, Tax Bureau, Ministry of Finance, Japan

Tax Treaty Developments by David Partington Principal Administrator, Center for Tax Policy and Administration, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Paris

Tax Issues Related to Cross-Border Outsourcing by Mr. David Partington

Round Table Discussion on International Taxation by Aurobindo Ponniah

Legal Framework for Designing a VAT Law (Part I) by Lee Burns, Sesquicentenary Associate Professor of Taxation, Faculty of Law, University of Sydney

Legal Framework for Designing a VAT Law (Part II) by Lee Burns

Management of the VAT: Improving the Level of Compliance using Performance Indicators by MrChristope Grandcolas, Director, French General Tax Administration, Paris

Tax Reforms in Pakistan: Internal View by Talha Aiz Khan, Taxation Officer (Deputy Commissioner of Income Tax) Central Board of Revenue, Government of Pakistan

Cook Islands’ Experience with Introduction of VAT by Geoffrey Stoddart, Treasurer, Tax and Customs, Ministry of Finance, Cook Islands

Extending the Dialogue on International Taxation by Shigeru Ariizumi, Senior Outreach Adviser, Center for Tax Policy and Administration, OECD

Round Table Discussion on VAT by Lee Burns

Wrap-up Session and Closing by Teruo Ujiie, Trade Specialist /Economist, ADB

Cocktail reception