GST minutes, September 2011

Meeting details

Venue:	Skybridge Conference Room Australian Taxation Office Gnabra/Kembery Building 21 Genge Street, Canberra
Date:	14 September 2011
Start:	10.00am	Finish:	4.00pm
Chair:	Elizabeth Goli
Contact and Secretariat:	Kathy Gruber	Contact phone:	(02) 6216 2243

Attendees

Jamie Clarke	Director - Specialist Taxes, CPA Australia
Ken Claughton	Director, CPA Australia
Rob Dalla-Costa	Senior Advisor, Treasury
Michelle DeNeise	Assistant Director, Corporate Tax Association
Tiffany Douglas	Senior Tax Consultant, Taxpayers Australia
Rod Ettridge	Senior Assistant Commissioner, Australian Taxation Office
Michael Evans	Chairman Indirect Taxes Committee, Institute of Chartered Accountants
Elizabeth Goli (co-chair)	Senior Assistant Commissioner, Australian Taxation Office
Steve Howlin	Assistant Commissioner, Australian Taxation Office
Suzanne Kneen	Senior Associate, The Tax Institute
Tony Long	Assistant Commissioner, Australian Taxation Office
Brett Mawby	Head of Tax Australia, Minerals Council of Australia
Peter McDonald	Director, Institute of Public Accountants
Brett O'Neill	Assistant Commissioner, Australian Taxation Office
Paul Tregillis	Senior Assistant Commissioner, Australian Taxation Office
Rod Wilson	Taxation Specialist, National Tax and Accountants Association
Karl Wood	Chairman, Property Council of Australia
Guests
Jonathan Ackerman	Special Counsel, Financial Services Council
John Gleeson	Tax Counsel, Australian Taxation Office
Matthew Nicholls	Executive Director, The Tax Institute
Kasey MacFarlane	Tax Counsel, Australian Taxation Office
James O'Halloran	Deputy Commissioner, Australian Taxation Office
Julien Seibel	Director, Australian Taxation Office
Andrew Sommer	Partner, Law Council of Australia
Raj Srikhanta	Tax Counsel, Australian Taxation Office

Apologies

Donna Bagnall	Senior Tax Consultant, Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia
Bell Benham	Director, Association of Taxation and Management Accountants
Joanne Casburn	Assistant Commissioner, Australian Taxation Office
Tony Greco	Senior Tax Advisor, Institute of Public Accountants
Andrew Orme (co-chair)	Senior Tax Counsel, Australian Taxation Office
Robert Olding	Deputy Chief Tax Counsel, Australian Taxation Office
Paul Stacey	Senior GST Counsel, Law Council of Australia
Bill Packwood	Head of GST, Financial Services Council
Deepti Paton	Tax Counsel, The Tax Institute

Professional and industry bodies represented at the NTLG GST Sub-committee

Association of Taxation & Management Accountants	ATMA
Corporate Tax Association	CTA
CPA Australia	CPAA
Financial Services Council	FSC
Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia	ICAA
Institute of Public Accountants	IPA
Law Council of Australia	LCA
Minerals Council of Australia	MCA
National Tax and Accountants Association	NTAA
Property Council of Australia	PCA
The Tax Institute	TTI
Taxpayers Australia	TA

Acronyms and references used in this document

Australian Taxation Office	ATO
Decision Impact Statement	DIS
General Interest Charge	GIC
National Tax Liaison Group	NTLG
NTLG GST Sub-committee	NTLG GST
Tax Administration Act 1953	TAA
A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999	GST Act

Reference to provisions of an unidentified Act is to the A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999.