CONFERENCE THEME: INTERNATIONAL TAX DEVELOPMENTS - TAX STRUCTURING ISSUES IN INVESTING ABROAD - TRANSFER PRICING ISSUES

DECEMBER 3-5, 2009
ITC MARATHA, MUMBAI, INDIA

Former Honorary President: Professor Klaus Vogel
Conference Directors: Professor Roy Rohatgi / Roger Wheeler (USA)

ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Mukesh Butani
R K Chopra
Dinesh Kanabar
T P Ostwal
Jairaj Purandare
Kiran Umrootkar
Arvid Skaar (Norway)
Caroline Silberzstein (OECD)
Uday Gujadhur (Mauritius)
Shanker Iyer (Singapore)
Roger Wheeler (USA)

TECHNICAL SPEAKERS
PROPOSED DIRECT TAX CODE IN INDIA
Dinesh Kanabar, Leader of Tax Practice of PricewaterhouseCoopers (Pvt.) Ltd., India.

M. Lakshminarayanan, National Tax Leader, Deloitte, Haskins & Sells, India.

Uday Ved, Executive Director and Head of Tax - KPMG, India.

Srinivasa Rao, National Director of Tax & Regulatory Services, Ernst & Young, India.

Arbind Modi, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Government of India.

Dale Hill, National Leader Transfer Pricing, Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP, Canada.

INTERNATIONAL TAX DEVELOPMENTS:
Arvid Skaar, International Tax Lawyer and Author, Norway.

Michael Lang, Professor and Head of the Institute for Austrian and International Tax Law, WU, Austria.

Ned Shelton, Director, Sheltons(International Tax Counsel), Denmark.

Richard Vann, Challis Professor of Law, University of Sydney, Australia.

Girish Dave, Chief Commissioner of Income Tax, Mumbai (Former Director of International Taxation, Mumbai, India)

Pinakin Desai, Partner, Ernst & Young Pvt. Ltd., India.

INTERNATIONALTAX STRUCTURING FOR INVESTING ABROAD:
Richard Weisman, Principal, Baker & McKenzie, Hong Kong.

Roy Saunders, Managing Partner, International Fiscal Services Ltd., United Kingdom.

Marcus Desax, Partner, Walder Wyss & Parners Ltd., Switzerland.

Lewis Lu, Partner, KPMG, China.

Juan Manuel Idrovo, Partner, Canon & Canon, Colombia.

Shefali Goradia, Partner, BMR & Associates, India

Pranav Sayta, Partner, Ernst & Young, India.

TRANSFER PRICING ISSUES:
Craig Sharon, Director of the APA Program, Internal Revenue Service, United States.

Matthew Frank, Senior Tax Counsel, Transfer Pricing, General Electric Corporation, United States.

Shyamal Mukherjee, Head of Transfer Pricing Practice, PricewaterhouseCoopers (Pvt.) Limited, India.

Robert Ackerman, Americas Leader Transfer Pricing, Ernst & Young, United States.

Michael Murphy, Managing Director, Alvarez & Marsal Taxand LLC, United States.

Robert Green, Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, United States.

Alpana Saksena, Director of Income-tax (Transfer Pricing - II), Government of India, Mumbai, India.

Elinore Richardson, Senior Partner, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Canada.

Al Meghji, Partner, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP, Canada.

V.K.Mangotra, Director of Income-tax (Transfer Pricing - I), Government of India, Mumbai, India.

OUR SPONSORS:

Patron Sponsor	:	Multiconsult Ltd., Mauritius; Nishith Desai Associates, India; PricewaterhouseCoopers Pvt.Ltd., India.
Platinum Sponsor	:	Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Canada; KPMG India Pvt. Ltd., India; Stikeman Elliott LLP, Canada.
Gold Sponsor	:	ANT Trust & Corporate Services; B M R Advisors Pvt. Ltd., India; Ernst & Young Pvt. Ltd., India; Taxmann Publications Pvt. Ltd., India; Deloitte Touche Tohmastu India Pvt. Ltd.
Silver Sponsor	:	Amicorp Advisory Services Pvt. Ltd., India; BNA International, United Kingdom; CCH (a Wolters Kluwer business), India; Chaturvedi & Shah, India; Dixcart Management (Madeira) Lda.,Portugal; Microsoft Corporation, USA; NFIA (Netherlands Foreign Investment Agency); Seychelles International Business Authority, Seychelles; Tata Consutlancy Services, India.
Associate Sponsor	:	Chokshi & Chokshi, India; Chesterfield Tristan Ltd., United Kingdom; M & J Services, India; Kross Border Trust Services Ltd., Mauritius; Sheltons (International Tax Counsel), Denmark.

Organised by Foundation For International Taxation Email: internationaltax.foundation@gmail.com

In Co-operation with International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation and Asia - Pacific Tax Bulletin International Fiscal Association - India Branch

Supported by Indo-American Chamber of Commerce ( The only bi-lateral Chamber for Indo-US business )

Conference Promotion by  R&PM:Edelman

Conference Media Partner Bloomberg UTV

Conference Hotel ITC Maratha Hotel - website: http://www.itcwelcomgroup.in/

MESSAGE FROM THE CONFERENCE DIRECTORS - 2009
We have a general session on Day One on International Tax Developments. In addition, this year we have planned concurrent sessions on separate topics on Day Two. They are
(a) International Tax Structuring for Investing Abroad and
(b) Transfer Pricing Issues.
The conference ends with a question and answer session with senior members of the Indian Transfer Pricing Directorate and a panel discussion on a current international tax issue or judicial decision.

NOTE
We have now added an extra pre-conference session on Thursday December 3rd afternoon at The Leela Kempinski, Sahar, Mumbai (near the conference hotel) with lunch followed by a “briefing session” on the international tax issues under the proposed Direct Tax Code in India. The presentations will be given by some of the leading tax experts from India and abroad. It will be followed by sponsored sessions.

Professor Roy Rohatgi / Roger Wheeler (USA)
Conference Directors
December 2009