Events
Seventh Meeting of the Asia Tax Forum
20-22 October 2010
Seam Reap, Cambodia
Key Forum Sessions:
- Fiscal Measures after the Crisis – Approaches taken by regional policy makers to start making up the deficits run up during the current economic crisis.
- A Checklist for Compliance with WTO Rules during Tax Reforms.
- Taxation of Natural Resources.
- Taxation of Real Property.
- Design and Practical Implementation of Excise Taxes.
- Tax Aspects of FTAs, Customs Unions, and WTO.
- Indirect Taxation of Financial Sector Supplies – Country Analyses.
- Reflections on GST/VAT as the Central Measure in Tax Reforms.
- Use of Transfer Pricing Techniques in Indirect Tax Policy.
- Environmental Taxation as Part of an Indirect Tax Policy Regime.
Private sector sponsors of ITIC who are interested in attending the Forum should contact Diana Napolitano via email (Washington@iticnet.org) or telephone (+1 202 530 9799).
Asia Tax Forum Preliminary Agenda
Asia Tax Forum Announcement
Asia Tax Forum Registration Form
Indirect Taxation of Financial Sector Supplies in the Asia Pacific Region
Monday, 06 October 2008
Joosung Jun
Professor of Economics
Ehwa University
Republic of Korea
Lee Burns
Professor of Tax law
University of Sydney
The research is considered cutting-edge in the taxation of financial institutions and instruments. It analyzes the economic rationale for the taxing consumption of financial services and reviews how it is taxed in the Asia-Pacific Region. Prof. Burns discusses different alternatives by which consumption can be taxed efficiently and considers other criteria such as administrative simplicity and promoting the growth of capital market.
Fifth Asia Tax Forum
Wednesday, 02 April 2008
Fifth Asia Tax Forum
The Taj Mahal Hotel
New Delhi, India
May 11-13, 2008
The Asia Tax Forum in New Delhi India is going to be a special one! The Forum has embarked on two regional studies:
- Indirect Taxation of Financial Services
- Use of Tax Expenditures in Analyzing Effects of Excise Tax Policies
Three respected members of the academe: Prof. Lee Burns, University of Sydney; Prof. Joosung Jun, Ewha University, Korea; and Prof. Adrian Cooper, Oxford Economics, coordinated the study with the participation of senior government officials and industry leaders from the region. The findings and recommendations are part of the agenda of the forum.
Continuing discussions on the VAT and Environmental Taxation will be made with the special participation of the Second Commissioner of the Australian Tax Office, Mr. Bruce Quigley, and the Revenue Secretary of the Ministry of Finance, India, the Hon. P.V.Bhide.
The host of the Asia Tax Forum, the National Institute of Public Finance will present a Road Map to Comprehensive Goods and Services Tax from 2010 forward.
Information may be obtained from the Secretariat headed by
Dr. Milwida M. Guevara
mguevara@synergeia.org.ph
telephone nos: 632-898-2913/632-898-3221
telefax: 632-898-2617.
Fifth Meeting of the Asia Tax Forum
Friday, 24 August 2007
We are pleased to announce the Fifth Meeting of the Asia Tax Forum (ATF) will be held on 11-13 May 2008 in New Delhi, India. The meeting will be hosted by the Indian Ministry of Finance and the Indian National Institute for Public Policy and Public Finance.
As agreed at the Hanoi meeting, the principal papers to be presented at the ATF in New Delhi will include:
- Indirect Tax Expenditures on Alcohol Beverages, Tobacco Products, and Luxury Goods
- Indirect Taxation of Financial Services
- Energy and Environmental Taxation
Information may be obtained from the Secretariat headed by
Dr. Milwida M. Guevara
mguevara@synergeia.org.ph
telephone nos: 632-898-2913/632-898-3221
telefax: 632-898-2617.