Public hearing - Canberra, Thursday 26 July 2012

Inquiry into the Tax Laws Amendment (Cross-Border Transfer Pricing) Bill (No. 1) 2012

Public hearing - Canberra, Thursday 26 July 2012

Committee Room 2S3, Parliament House
CANBERRA

PROGRAM

9.30am

Minerals Council of Australia (submission 7)
Dr John Kunkel, Deputy CEO, Minerals Council of Australia
Mr Richard Atkinson, MCA Taxation Committee Representative and General Manager Transfer Pricing, Rio Tinto
Mr Don Spirason, MCA Taxation Committee Representative and Manager Tax Australia, BHP Billiton Ltd

10.00am

General Electric (GE) (submission 1)
Mr Chris Vanderkley, Tax Director
Ms Ardele Blignault, Vice President Government Relations
Ms Amanda Leckie, Tax Manager

10.30am

Corporate Tax Association of Australia (submission 2)
Mr Frank Drenth, Executive Director

11.00am

Morning tea break

11.15am

Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (submission 6)
Mr Tony McDonald, Director Industry Operations
Ms Vanda Davis, Chair, Taxation Committee

11.45am

Law Council of Australia, Taxation Committee of the Business Law Section (submission 9)
Mr Chris Peadon, Barrister, Selborne Chambers
Ms Teresa Dyson, Partner, Ashurst Australia

12.30pm

Lunch break

1.15pm

The Tax Institute (submission 15)
Mr Robert Jeremenko, Senior Tax Counsel
Mr Damian Preshaw, Member, Tax Institute Transfer Pricing Committee and Director, Global Transfer Pricing Services, KPMG

2.00pm

PricewaterhouseCoopers   (submission 17)
Mr Pete Calleja, Partner, Transfer Pricing, National Leader
Mr Peter Collins, Partner, International Tax Services, National Leader
Mr Paul McNab, Partner, Tax Controversy and Dispute Resolution

2.45pm

Department of the Treasury (submission 21)
Mr Rob Heferen, Executive Director, Revenue Group
Mr Tony McDonald, General Manager, International Tax and Treaties Division, Revenue Group
Ms Lisa Clifton, Manager, International Tax Integrity Unit, International Tax and Treaties Division, Revenue Group
Ms Kristen Baker, Manager, International Tax Integrity Unit, International Tax and Treaties Division, Revenue Group
Australian Taxation Office
Mr Bruce Quigley, Second Commissioner, Compliance
Mr Michael Jenkins, Assistant Commissioner, Jurisdictional Income Practice, Large Business and International
Mr Andrew England, Chief Tax Counsel

4.00pm

Adjournment

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