INTERNATIONAL TAXATION CONFERENCE
ANNUAL CONFERENCE – PROGRAMME AND PRESENTATIONS
ANNUAL CONFERENCE – PROGRAMME AND PRESENTATIONS
This page contains copies of the slide presentations of conference speakers and handout materials provided by them.
An audio/video CD recording of the entire conference is sent to each delegate after the conference.
2003 CONFERENCE – DECEMBER 5 – 6, 2003 – MUMBAI
| Day 1 | |
| 09.00 – 10.00 | Registration & Coffee |
| 10.00 – 10.15 | Welcome to the conference |
| Devender Nath (President, BMA) Roy Rohatgi (Conference Director) |
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| Session One | |
| INTERNATIONAL TAX PRINCIPLES | |
| Chairman | Sohrab Dastur, Senior Advocate, India |
| 10.15 – 11.45 | Special Speaker- Professor Jacques Sasseville, Head of Tax Treaty Unit, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, France Interpretation of International Tax Treaties (Presentation & Questions) Click Here to view the Presentation  |
| 11.45– 12.15 | Conference Chairman Professor Klaus Vogel, University of Munich, Germany Tax Treaty Interpretations – Some Current Issues Click Here to view the Presentation |
| 12.15 – 12.45 | Discussion and Questions |
| 12.45 – 13.00 | Session Chairman’s Remarks Vote of Thanks : Porus Kaka, Practising Tax Lawyer, India |
| 13.00 – 14.00 | Lunch |
| Session Two | |
| OVERSEAS TAX PLANNING | |
| Chairman | Nishith Desai, Nishith Desai Associates, India |
| 14.00 – 14.40 | Roger Wheeler, Chief Tax Officer, General Motors Corporation, United States International Tax Planning Issues in a Large Multinational Company Click Here to view the Presentation |
| 14.40 – 15.20 | Ludovic Verbist, Managing Director, A.A.M.I.L. Ltd, Mauritius Luxembourg as a Base for International Tax Planning Click Here to view the Presentation |
| 15.20 – 16.00 | Shanker Iyer, Managing Partner, Shanker Iyer & Company, Singapore International Tax Planning under Singapore Domestic Law and Treaties Click Here to view the Presentation |
| 16.00 – 16.30 | Discussion and Questions Vote of Thanks : R K Chopra, Executive Director, Bombay Management Association, India |
| 16.30 – 17.00 | Tea |
| 17.00 – 17.40 | Uday Gujadhur, Association of Offshore Management Companies, Mauritius Mauritius as a Base for International Mutual Funds Click Here to view the Presentation |
| 17.40 – 18.45 | Presentations on Mauritius Global Business organized by the Financial Services Promotion Agency in the presence of Hon. Sushil Khushiram, Minister for Economic Development, Financial Services and Corporate Affairs, Government of Mauritius |
| 18.45 – 22.00 | Cocktails and Dinner (Sponsored by the Financial Services Promotion Agency, Mauritius) |
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| Day 2 | |
| 9.00 – 10.00 | Special Session – Panel Discussion Recent India-Mauritius Supreme Court Ruling – Dinesh Kanabar |
| 10.00– 10.30 | Coffee |
| Session Three | |
| RECENT DEVELOPMENTS | |
| Chairman | Dinesh Kanabar, Partner, RSM & Co., India |
| 10.30 – 11.10 | David Partington, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, Paris (France) Recent OECD Developments in International Taxation Click Here to view the Presentation |
| 11.10 – 11.50 | William Byrnes, Director, St. Thomas University School of Law, United States Information Sharing and Tax Information Exchange Agreements in the United States Click Here to view the Presentation |
| 11.50 – 12.30 | Rashmin Sanghvi, Partner, Rashmin Sanghvi Associates, India. Relevance of the Vienna Convention on the Interpretation of Treaties in Taxation Click Here to view the Presentation |
| 12.30 – 13.00 | Discussion & Questions Vote of Thanks : Mr. Sanjay Grover, Partner, Ernst & Young Private Limited, India |
| 13.00 – 14.00 | Lunch |
| Session Four | |
| TAX TREATY INTERPRETATIONS | |
| Chairman | Vijay Mathur, Director General – International Taxation, Government of India |
| 14.00 – 14.40 | Mukesh Butani , Country Tax Partner, Ernst & Young Private Limited, India Tax Treaty Interpretations in India Click Here to view the Presentation |
| 14.40 – 15.20 | Ronald Haigh, International Tax Partner, Deloitte & Touche, United Kingdom Tax Treaty Interpretations in the United Kingdom Click Here to view the Presentation |
| 15.20 – 16.00 | Walter Raineri, Partner, Fenwick & West, United States Tax Treaty Interpretations in the United States Click Here to view the Presentation |
| 16.00 – 16.30 | Discussion and Questions Vote of Thanks: T P Ostwal, Partner, Ostwal, Desai & Kothari, India |
| 16.30 – 17.00 | Tea |
| 17.00 – 18.30 | Discussion – Domestic Law or International Law – What should prevail in tax treaty interpretations? A panel discussion chaired by the conference chairman, Professor Klaus Vogel and led by the special speaker, Jacques Sasseville, along with other conference speakers |
| 18.30 – 18.45 | Concluding Remarks – Roy Rohatgi (Conference Director) Vote of Thanks – Kewal Handa (Vice President, BMA) |
| 19.00 – 21.00 | Dinner (Sponsored by ITC Grand Maratha Sheraton Hotel) |
