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Seventeenth Tax Conference
Financed by Japan Special Fund, funded by the Government of Japan

ADB Institute, Tokyo, Japan: 8-11 October 2007

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Program

Monday, 8 October 2007
08:30 - 09:40

Registration
   
09:40 - 10:00

Opening Remarks

Toshiya Otsu
Director for International Issues on Taxation
International Tax Policy Division, Tax Bureau, Ministry of Finance (MOF), Japan

Masahiro Kawai
Dean
ADB Institute (ADBI)

   
10:00 - 10:30

Photo Session/Coffee Break
   
10:30 - 12:00

Keynote Speech:Adapting Tax Systems to Economic & Social Development

Frans Vanistendael
Academic Chairman
International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation (IBFD), Amsterdam
   
12:00 - 13:30

Lunch Break
ADBI Reception Area

   
13:30 - 15:00

Special Presentation
I. VAT Design, Planning and Implementation: International Best Practices

Satya Poddar
Partner
Ernst & Young, India

   
15:00 - 15:30

Coffee Break
   
15:30 - 17:00

Special Presentation II:Streamlining Personal Income Taxation

Kevin Holmes
Professor of Taxation
Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

   
17:30

Cocktail Reception
Hosted by Asian Development Bank

Tuesday, 9 October 2007
09:00 - 10:15

Recent Development in Japan's International Taxation

Kentaro Ogata
First Deputy Director
International Tax Policy Division, MOF, Japan

   
10:15 - 10:45

Coffee Break
   
10:45 - 12:00

Development of Tax Audit Framework in Hong Kong, China

Kwok Kit Chiu
Assistant Commissioner
Field Audit & Investigation, Inland Revenue Department, Hong Kong, China
   
12:00 - 13:30

Luncheon
Hosted by MOF, Japan

   
13:30 - 15:00

Special Presentation III: How to Manage VAT in a Borderless World of Global Trade?
VAT Trends in EU: Lessons for Asia-Pacific Countries

Christophe Grandcolas
Tax Administration Modernization Consultant
Conservateur des Hypothèques, French Tax Administration
   
15:00 - 15:30

Coffee Break
   
15:30 - 17:00

The Relationship Between Accounting and Tax Principles

Richard Krever
Director
Taxation Law and Policy Research Institute, Monash University, Australia

Wednesday, 10 October 2007
09:00 - 10:15

Recent Developments in International Tax Work at the OECD

Richard Parry
Head of Unit
Center for Tax Policy and Administration
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

   
10:15 - 10:45

Coffee Break
   
10:45-12:00

Recent Developments in International Tax Work at the OECD

Richard Parry

   
12:00 - 13:30

Lunch Break
   
13:30-15:00

Transfer Pricing: Principles and Practices

Michael Kobetsky
Taxation Fellow
Faculty of Law, Australian National University

   
15:00-15:30

Coffee Break
   
15:30-17:00

International Taxation & Transfer Pricing - Part II

Michael Kobetsky
Thursday, 11 October 2007
09:00-10:15

The Philippines' Continuing Quest for Fiscal Stability

Lina D. Isorena
Executive Director
National Tax Research Center, Philippines

   
10:15-10:45

Coffee Break
   
10:45-12:00

Tax Reforms in Pakistan

M. Abdullah Yusuf
Secretary-General
Revenue Division, Islamabad
Chairman, Central Board of Revenue, Pakistan
   
12:00 - 13:30

Lunch Break
   
13:30 - 15:00

Three Decades of Direct Tax Reform in India

Arbind Modi
Ministry of Finance, India

   
15:00-15:30

Coffee Break
   
15:30 - 17:00 Extending the Dialogue on International Taxation

Satoshi Ohuchi
Senior Advisor
Center for Tax Policy and Administration, OECD
   
17:00 - 17:30

Wrap-up and Closing

Teruo Ujiie
Senior Capacity Building Specialist
Capacity Building and Training Division, ADB Institute
   
18:00

Cocktail Reception
Hosted by: OECD


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