INTERNATIONAL TAXATION CONFERENCE
ANNUAL CONFERENCE – PROGRAMME AND PRESENTATIONS
ANNUAL CONFERENCE – PROGRAMME AND PRESENTATIONS
DECEMBER 2-4, 2010
ITC MARATHA HOTEL, MUMBAI / HYATT REGENCY HOTEL, MUMBAI
Conference Programme 2010
THEME: TRANSFER PRICING ISSUES
Thursday, December 2, 2010 – ITC MARATHA
| Day 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 08.00 – 20.00 | Registration | |||||||||||||||
| 10.00 – 10.15 | Welcome to the Conference (Conference Chairman) | |||||||||||||||
| Morning | ||||||||||||||||
| PROPOSED DIRECT TAX CODE (DTC) IN INDIA – AN UPDATE (ITC MARATHA) | ||||||||||||||||
| Chairman | Dinesh Kanabar, Deputy CEO and Chairman, Tax, KPMG, India | |||||||||||||||
| 10.15 – 10.30 | Session Chairman’s Remarks | |||||||||||||||
| 10.30 – 10.50 | K. R. Sekar, Partner, Deloitte, India Direct Tax Code and Double Tax Avoidance Agreement Click Here to view the Presentation  |
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| 10.50 – 11.10 | Rahul Garg, Partner, PwC, India Taxation of Foreign Companies Click Here to view the Presentation |
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| 11.10 – 11.30 | Gautam Doshi, Group Managing Director, Reliance ADAG, India Anti-avoidance Rules Click Here to view the Presentation |
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| 11.30 – 11.50 | Mukesh Butani, Managing Partner and Tax Practice Leader, BMR Legal, India Transfer Pricing Issues and their Resolution Click Here to view the Presentation |
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| 11.50 – 12.10 | S. Mahalingam, Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer, Tata Consultancy Services, India Indian MNC Perspective Click Here to view the Presentation |
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| 12.10 – 12.40 | Sunil Gupta, Pragya Saksena & Ashutosh Dikshit, Direct Tax Code Task Force, Government of India Indian Revenue Perspective |
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| 12.40 – 13.00 | Discussion and Questions | |||||||||||||||
| 13.00 – 14.00 | Lunch | |||||||||||||||
| Afternoon | ||||||||||||||||
| INTERNATIONAL TAX STRUCTRING FOR INVESTING ABROAD (ITC MARATHA) | ||||||||||||||||
| Chairman | Nishith Desai, Founder, Nishith Desai Associates, India | |||||||||||||||
| 14.00 – 15.00 | Luiz Frederico Battendieri, Partner, Neves, Soares & Battendieri Advogados, Brazil; Jorge Espinosa, Managing Partner, Espinosa & Asociados, Chile; Benjamin Cubides, Partner, Rodriguez – Azuero, Colombia(Co-ordinator: Juan Manuel Idrovo, Colombia) Investingin LatinAmerica – Brazil, Chile and Colombia Click below to view the Presentation 1. Luiz Frederico Battendieri, Partner, Neves, Soares & Battendieri Advogados, Brazil 2. Jorge Espinosa, Managing Partner, Espinosa & Asociados, Chile 3. Benjamin Cubides, Partner, Rodriguez – Azuero |
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| 15.00 – 15.30 | Vladimir Gidirim, Executive Director, Ernst & Young, Russia Investing in CIS Countries Click Here to view the Presentation |
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| 15.30 – 16.00 | Sudhir Kapadia, Partner, Ernst & Young, India Investing in and out of India – An Update Click Here to view the Presentation |
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| 16.00 – 16.30 | Discussion & Questions | |||||||||||||||
| 16.30 – 17.00 | Tea Break | |||||||||||||||
| Sponsored Session | ||||||||||||||||
| 17.00 – 17.30 | Jersey – Jersey Finance – Speakers: Neel Sahai/Gavin Wilkins Funds and Listing Vehicles – Why Jersey Click Here to view the Presentation |
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| 17.30 – 18.00 | Madeira – Dixcart Management – Speakers: Nuno Teixeira/Joao Almeida Use of Madeira Companies for Investing in the European Union Click Here to view the Presentation |
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| 18.00 – 18.30 | Isle of Man Dept. of Eco. Devmt. – Speakers: Gregory Jones, Nick Boon, Mike Edwards & Steven Beevers The Isle of Man – A Low Tax European Jurisdiction Click Here to view the Presentation |
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| 18.30 – 19.00 | IBFD Tax Academy, Amsterdam – Speaker: Arcotia Hatsidimitris IBFD – ITA Global Tax Training Solutions Click Here to view the Presentation |
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| 19.00 – 22.00 | Cocktails (Sponsor: Longtail International) and Dinner (Sponsor: Jersey Finance) | |||||||||||||||
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| Day 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Morning | ||||||||||||||||
| RESOLUTION OF INTERNATIONAL TAX DISPUTES – (ITC MARATHA) | ||||||||||||||||
| Chairman | Sohrab Dastur, Senior Advocate, India | |||||||||||||||
| 10.00 – 10.15 | Session Chairman’s Remarks | |||||||||||||||
| 10.15 – 11.00 | “Klaus Vogel” Speaker: Jerome Libin, Partner, Sutherland Asbill & Brennan, United States Current Global Scenario in Tax Dispute Resolution Click Here to view the Presentation |
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| 11.00 – 11.40 | Professor Kees van Raad Tax Dispute Resolution under Model Tax Treaties> Click Here to view the Presentation |
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| 11.40 – 12.20 | Dave Hartnett, Head of Tax, H. M. Revenue & Customs, United Kingdom Tax Dispute Resolution -A Global View Click Here to view the Presentation |
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| 12.20 – 12.50 | Discussion and Questions | |||||||||||||||
| 12.50 – 13.00 | Session Chairman’s Remarks | |||||||||||||||
| 13.00 – 14.00 | Lunch | |||||||||||||||
| Afternoon | ||||||||||||||||
| RESOLUTION OF INTERNATIONAL TAX DISPUTES COUNTRY EXPERIENCES (ITC MARATHA) | ||||||||||||||||
| Chairman | Jairaj Purandare, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers, India | |||||||||||||||
| 14.00 – 14.30 | R. A. Easwar, President, Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, India Tax Dispute Resolution – An Indian Judiciary View (pre-recorded) Click Here to view the Presentation |
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| 14.30 – 15.00 | Carmel Peters, Advice Division, Inland Revenue, New Zealand New Zealand Experience Click Here to view the Presentation |
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| 15.00 – 15.30 | Marc Levey, Partner, Baker & MacKenzie, United States United States Experience Click Here to view the Presentation |
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| 15.30 – 16.00 | Porus Kaka, Senior Advocate, India Indian Experience Click Here to view the Presentation |
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| 16.00 – 16.30 | Discussion and Questions | |||||||||||||||
| 16.30 – 17.00 | Tea Break | |||||||||||||||
| 17.00 – 18.00 | Panel Session I : Some New Approaches towards Treaty Discussion session led by Marc Levey. Other panelists: Dave Harnett, Mery Bennett and Anita Kapur | |||||||||||||||
| Sponsored Session | ||||||||||||||||
| 18.00 – 18.30 | Mauritius – Cim Tax Services – Speakers: Gary Gowrea, Renu Audit & Shefali Goradia Mauritius – Gateway for Indian Inbound & Outbound Investments Click Here to view the Presentation |
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| 18.30 – 19.00 | Equity Trust Group – Speaker: Natascha Scholten Meeting the tightening Demands on International Structures |
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| 19.00 – 22.30 | Cocktails (Sponsor: Equity Trust Group) and Dinner | |||||||||||||||
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| Day 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 09.00 – 10.30 | Panel Session II : International Transfer Pricing Dispute Resolution Mechanisms – A panel discussion led by Mukesh Butani. Other panelists: Jerome Libin, Vijay Mathur & R. N. Dash (ITC Maratha) | |||||||||||||||
| 10.30 – 11.00 | Coffee Break | |||||||||||||||
| Option One | ||||||||||||||||
| INTERNATIONAL TAX DEVELOPMENTS (HYATT REGENCY) | ||||||||||||||||
| Morning | ||||||||||||||||
| RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN MODEL TREATIES | ||||||||||||||||
| Chairman | Pranav Sayta, Partner, Ernst & Young, India | |||||||||||||||
| 11.00 – 12.00 | Mary Bennett, Head of Division, Tax Treaty, Transfer Pricing & Financial Transactions Division, OECD, Paris Article 7 – New OECD Rules for Profit Attribution of Permanent Establishments Click Here to view the Presentation |
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| 12.00 – 12.30 | Dick Molenaar, Partner, All Arts Tax Advisors, The Netherlands Article 17- Taxation of Artistes and Sportsmen Click Here to view the Presentation |
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| 12.30 – 13.00 | Discussion and Questions | |||||||||||||||
| 13.00 – 14.00 | Lunch | |||||||||||||||
| Afternoon | ||||||||||||||||
| SOME RECENT INTERNATIONAL TAX DEVELOPMENTS | ||||||||||||||||
| Chariman | T. P. Ostwal, Senior Partner, T. P. Ostwal & Associates, India | |||||||||||||||
| 14.00 – 14.30 | Alan Granwell, Partner, DLA Piper LLP, United States Developments in the United States Click Here to view the Presentation |
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| 14.30 – 15.00 | Frans Vanistendael, Academic Director, IBFD, The Netherlands Developments in the European Union Click Here to view the Presentation |
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| 15.00 – 15.30 | Pieter de Ridder, Partner, Loyens & Loeff, Singapore Developments in Asia (excl. India) Click Here to view the Presentation |
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| 15.30 – 16.00 | Hitesh Gajaria, Partner, KPMG, India Developments in India Click Here to view the Presentation |
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| 16.00 – 16.30 | Discussion and Questions | |||||||||||||||
| 16.30 – 17.00 | Tea Break | |||||||||||||||
| Option Two | ||||||||||||||||
| TRANSFER PRICING DISPUTES AND THEIR PREVENTIONS (ITC MARATHA) COORDINATED BY CAROLINE SILBERZTEIN, OECD, PARIS | ||||||||||||||||
| Morning | ||||||||||||||||
| TRANSFER PRICING DISPUTES | ||||||||||||||||
| Chairman | Samir Gandhi, Partner, Deloitte, India | |||||||||||||||
| 11.00 – 11.30 | Caroline Silberztein, Head of Transfer Pricing Unit, OECD, Paris Transfer Pricing Disputes and their Causes – An Overview Click below to view the Presentation Caroline Silberztein, Head of Transfer Pricing Unit, OECD, Paris 1. Prevention of Transfer Pricing disputes: An OECD view 2. Prevention of transfer pricing disputes: Panel discussion |
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| 11.30 – 12.00 | Al Meghji, Partner, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt, Canada Some Leading Judicial Disputes in Transfer Pricing (International) Click Here to view the Presentation |
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| 12.00 – 12.30 | Vispi T. Patel, Partner, Vispi T. Patel & Associates, India Some Leading Judicial Disputes in Transfer Pricing (India) Click Here to view the Presentation |
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| 12.30 – 13.00 | Discussion and Questions | |||||||||||||||
| 13.00 – 14.00 | Lunch | |||||||||||||||
| Afternoon | ||||||||||||||||
| ADVANCE PRICING ARRANGEMENTS AND SAFE HARBOUR RULES | ||||||||||||||||
| Chairman | Shyamal Mukherjee, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers, India | |||||||||||||||
| 14.00 – 14.30 | An introduction by Caroline Silberztein, OECD, Paris | |||||||||||||||
| 14.30 – 16.30 | Country experiences in –
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| 16.30 – 17.00 | Tea Break | |||||||||||||||
| Joint Final Session (ITC MARATHA) | ||||||||||||||||
| 17.00 – 18.00 | Question and Answer session with the Transfer Pricing Directorate, Government of India, coordinated by Anuradha Bhatia, Director of Income Tax (Transfer Pricing), India and chaired by R. N. Dash, Director General of Income Tax (International), India. Click Here to view the Presentation |
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| 18.00 – 18.55 | Panel Session III – Recent International Tax Developments in India
A panel discussion with selected conference speakers and delegates chaired by T. P. Ostwal, India in the presence of S. S. N. Moorthy, Chairman, Central Board of Direct Taxes, India. Other panelists: Ketan Dalal, Arvind Datar, Nihar Jambusaria & Girish Dave. The session will be moderated by Bloomberg UTV, India for broadcast on their channel. |
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| 18.55 – 19.00 | Concluding Remarks | |||||||||||||||
