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.
Conference Programme 2008
Friday, December 5, 2008
| Day 1 | |
| 09.00 – 10.00 | Registration & Coffee |
| 10.00 – 10.15 | Welcome to the Conference Roy Rohatgi (Conference Director) |
| Session One | |
| SOME SPECIAL ISSUES IN TRANSFER PRICING | |
| Chairman | Sohrab Dastur, Senior Advocate, India |
| 10.15 – 11.15 | Special Speaker: Presentation and Questions Harry L “Hank” Gutman, Director, KPMG Tax Governance Institute, United States Transfer Pricing and Corporate Governance |
| 11.15– 11.45 | Robert Ackerman, Americas Leader Transfer Pricing, Ernst & Young, United States – Stand-in speaker: V N Srinivasa Rao, National Leader of International Tax Services, Ernst & Young (Pvt.) Ltd., India Transfer Pricing and Intangible Planning Click Here to view the Presentation  |
| 11.45 – 12.15 | Garry Stone, Global and US Leader of the Transfer Pricing Group, PricewaterhouseCoopers, United States – Transfer Pricing for Intercompany Services Click Here to view the Presentation |
| 12.15 – 12.45 | Diane Hay, Deputy Director, Corporate Tax and VAT, UK HM Revenue and Customs Recent Developments in Transfer Pricing: The UK HMRC’s Transfer Pricing Group Click Here to view the Presentation |
| 12.45 – 13.00 | Discussion & Questions and Session Chairman’s Remarks |
| 13.00 – 14.00 | Lunch |
| Session Two | |
| TRANSFER PRICING COMPLIANCE AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION | |
| Chairman | Jairaj Purandare, PricewaterhouseCoopers (P) Ltd., India |
| 14.00 – 14.30 | Uday Ved, Executive Director and Head of Tax – KPMG India Issues Involving Comparability and Profit Methods in Transfer Pricing Click Here to view the Presentation |
| 14.30 – 15.00 | Matthew Frank, Senior Tax Counsel, General Electric Corpn. United States – Stand-in speaker: Vijay Iyer, National Transfer Pricing leader, Ernst & Young (Pvt.) Ltd, India Advance Pricing Agreements in Transfer Pricing Click Here to view the Presentation |
| 15.00 – 15.30 | Prakash Chandra, Director General (Foreign Tax Division) Government of India (confirmed) Transfer Pricing Compliance – A Revenue Perspective Click Here to view the Presentation |
| 15.30 – 16.00 | David Sutherland, Managing Director, Morgan Stanley Asia, Hong Kong (confirmed) Some Transfer Pricing Compliance Issues in Asia – A Taxpayers’ Perspective Click Here to view the Presentation |
| 16.00 – 16.30 | Discussion & Questions |
| 16.30 – 17.00 | Tea |
| 17.00 – 18.00 | Discussion Session Chairman – Roger Wheeler, former Head of Tax, General Motors, United States – Topic – Importance of Corporate Governance in Transfer Pricing A panel discussion led by Roger Wheeler with selected conference speakers and delegates |
| 18.00 – 19.00 | Presentations by the Netherlands Foreign Investment Agency Topic – Tax issues in Doing Business with the NetherlandsClick Here to view the Presentation |
| 20.00 – 21.00 | Presentations by the Flanders Investment and Trade Agency, Belgium and AAMILLtd. Topic – Tax Issues in Doing Business in BelgiumClick Here to view the Presentation |
| 19.00 – 22.30 | Cocktails and Dinner |
| Day 2 | |
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| 09.00 – 10.30 | Some Recent Legal Decisions on Transfer Pricing Issues in India A panel discussion led by Mukesh Butani, Partner, BMR & Associates, India with selected conference speakers and delegates –Presentation by V K Mangotra & Alpana Saksena, Directors of Income-Tax (Transfer Pricing), Mumbai (India) Issues of Litigation in Transfer Pricing in India Click Here to view the Presentation |
| 10.30 – 11.00 | Coffee |
| Session Three |
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| SOME RECENT DEVELOPMENT IN TRANSFER PRICING | |
| Chairman | Dinesh Kanabar, Executive Director,and Leader of Tax Practice of PricewaterhouseCoopers, India |
| 11.00 – 11.30 | Murray Clayson, Global Head of Tax Practice, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, United Kingdom – PE Attribution Rules and the Transfer Pricing Analogy Click Here to view the Presentation |
| 11.30 – 12.00 | Shikha Gupta, Head- India, General Electric Corporation, India – Recent Developments in Global Transfer Pricing Documentation Click Here to view the Presentation |
| 12.00 – 12.30 | Shanto Ghosh, Director and Principal Economist, Deloittes, India – Cost Contribution Agreements in Transfer Pricing – Internatioanl Best Practices Click Here to view the Presentation |
| 12.30 – 13.00 | Discussion & Questions |
| 13.00 – 14.00 | Lunch |
| Session Four | |
| TRANSFER PRICING AND BUSINESS RESTRUCTURING | |
| Chairman | Nishith Desai, Founder – Nishith Desai Associates, India |
| 14.00 – 14.30 | Caroline Silberztein, Head of Transfer Pricing Unit, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Paris – OECD Project on Transfer Pricing Aspects of Business Restructurings – An Update Click Here to view the Presentation |
| 14.30 – 15.00 | Michael Murphy, Managing Director, Alvarez & Marsal Taxand LLC, United States – Stand-in speaker: Shyamal Mukherjee, Head of Transfer Pricing Practice, PricewaterhouseCoopers (Pvt.) Limited, India Transfer Pricing Issues in Business Resturcturing Click Here to view the Presentation |
| 15.00 – 15.30 | Heinz-Klaus Kroppen, Europe, Middle East and Africa Transfer Pricing Leader, Deloitte, Germany – Issue of Locational Savings in Transfer Pricing Click Here to view the Presentation |
| 15.30 – 16.00 | Discussions & Questions |
| 16.00 – 16.30 | Tea |
| 16.30 – 17.75 | Chairman: T P Ostwal, Partner. T P Ostwal & Associates, India Topic – Recent Decision on the Vodafoen Case in the Mumbai High Court A panel discussion with selected conference speakers and delegates |
| 17.45 – 18.00 | Concluding Remarks – Roy Rohatgi |
| 18.00 | End of Conference |
