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.
2004 CONFERENCE – DECEMBER 3 – 4, 2004 – MUMBAI
| Day 1 | |
| 09.00 – 10.00 | Registration & Coffee |
| 10.00 – 10.15 | Welcome to the conference Kewal Handa (President, BMA) Roy Rohatgi (Conference Director) |
| Session One | |
| INTERNATIONAL TAX PRINCIPLES | |
| Chairman | Sohrab Dastur, Senior Advocate, India |
| 10.15 – 11.45 | Jacques Sasseville, Organisation for Economic Co-operation & Development, Paris, France Anti-avoidance Measures in International Taxation (Presentation & Questions) Click Here to view the Presentation  |
| 11.45– 12.25 | Richard Vann, Challis Professor of Law, University of Sydney, Australia Interaction of Tax Treaties and Domestic Anti-avoidance Rules Click Here to view the Presentation |
| 12.25 – 12.45 | Discussion & Questions |
| 12.45 – 13.00 | Session Chairman’s Remarks |
| 13.00 – 14.00 | Lunch |
| Session Two | |
| OVERSEAS TAX PLANNING | |
| Chairman | Jairaj Purandare, Senior. Executive Director, PricewaterhouseCoopers (P) Ltd., India |
| 14.00 – 14.14 | William Sample, General Manager, Worldwide Income Tax, Microsoft Corporation, United States International Tax Planning Issues in a Large Multinational Company Click Here to view the Presentation |
| 14.40 – 15.20 | Gautam Doshi, Partner, RSM & Co., India Approach to Anti-avoidance in India – Judicial & Legislative Click Here to view the Presentation |
| 15.20 – 16.00 | Akhilesh Ranjan, former Joint Secretary, Central Board of Direct Taxes, Government of India Anti-avoidance Rules in Indian Tax Law – A Revenue View Click Here to view the Presentation |
| 16.00 – 16.30 | Tea |
| 16.30 – 17.10 | Ketan Dalal, Partner, RSM & Co., India Planning Inbound and Outbound Transactions involving India and OECD and Non-OECD Countries — Non-Transfer Pricing Issues Click Here to view the Presentation |
| 17.10 – 17.40 | Discussion and Questions |
| 17.40 – 18.40 | Presentation on Mauritius Global Business organised by the Financial Services Promotion Agency in the presence of Hon. Sushil Khushiram, Minister of Industry, Financial Services & Corporate Affairs, Government of Mauritius |
| 18.40 – 22.00 | Cocktails and Dinner (hosted by The Financial Services Promotion Agency, Mauritius) |
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THE CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
Saturday, December 4, 2004 |
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| Day 2 | |
| 09.00 – 10.00 | Panel discussion: Some Recent Decisions of the Indian Authority for Advance Rulings
A panel discussion chaired by Justice Syed Shah Mohammad Quadri (Chairman – AAR) and led by Mukesh Butani (Partner – BMR & Associates, India) and selected conference speakers. |
| 10.00 – 10.30 | Coffee |
| Session Three | |
| RECENT DEVELOPMENTS | |
| Chairman | Vijay Mathur, former Director General – International Taxatation, Government of India |
| 10.30 – 11.10 | David Partington, Organisation for Economic Co-operation & Development, Paris, France Recent OECD Developments in International Taxation Click Here to view the Presentation |
| 11.10 – 11.50 | Ned Shelton, Director, Sheltons (International Tax Counsel), Denmark Tax Anti-avoidance Rules in Europe Click Here to view the Presentation |
| 11.50 – 12.30 | Cym Lowell, Partner, Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP, United States Planning Inbound and Outbound Transactions involving India and OECD and Non-OECD Countries – -Transfer Pricing Issues Click Here to view the Presentation |
| 12.30 – 13.00 | Discussion & Questions |
| 13.00 – 14.00 | Lunch |
| Session Four | |
| ANTI-AVOIDACE RULES | |
| Chairman | Dinesh Kanabar, Partner, RSM & Co., India |
| 14.00 – 14.40 | Brian Cleave, Member of the Bar of England and Wales and an honorary Queen’s Counsel, United Kingdom Anti-avoidance in the United Kingdom: the Disclosure Alternative Click Here to view the Presentation |
| 14.40 – 15.20 | Daniel Sandler, Professor, University of Western Ontario, Canada Controlled Foreign Corporation Rules And Development Economies Click Here to view the Presentation |
| 15.20 – 16.00 | Walter Raineri, Partner, Fenwick & West LLP, United States U.S. Judicial Doctrine in the Anti-avoidance Area Click Here to view the Presentation |
| 16.00 – 16.30 | Discussion and Questions |
| 16.30 – 17.00 | Tea |
| Chairman | Nishith Desai, Nishith Desai Associates, India |
| 17.00 – 18.15 | Discussion – Should General Anti-avoidance Rules be enacted in Domestic Tax Law? A panel discussion with the special speaker, Jacques Sasseville, and other conference speakers |
| 18.15 – 18.30 | Concluding Remarks – Roy Rohatgi (Conference Director) Vote of Thanks – Anant Singhania (Vice President, BMA) |
| 18.30 | End of Conference |
