NTLG minutes, December 2011

Meeting details

Venue:	McKay Board Room, Level 10Amungula Building, 26 Narellan Street, Canberra
Date:	7 December 2011
Start:	9.30am	Finish:	3.30pm
Chair:	Michael D'Ascenzo Commissioner
Contact and Secretariat:	Kylie Bell	Contact phone:	(07) 314 95712

Attendees

Gerry Antioch	General Manager of Tax System Division, Treasury
Lance Cunningham	National Director of Taxation - PKF, IPA
Michael D'Ascenzo (Chair)	Commissioner, ATO
Frank Drenth	Executive Director, CTA
Bob Duncan	President, ATMA
Teresa Dyson	Partner Blake Dawson, LCA
Yasser El-Ansary	Tax Counsel, ICAA
Andrew England	Chief Tax Counsel, ATO
Cheryl-Lea Field	Deputy Commissioner, ATO
Jennie Granger	Second Commissioner, ATO
Tony Greco	Senior Tax Advisor, IPA
Robert Jeremenko	Senior Tax Counsel, TI
Ian Kearney	Partner - Moore Stephens, CPA Australia
Mark Morris	Senior Tax Counsel, CPA Australia
Peter Murray	President, TI
Louis Phan (guest)	Taxation Manager, NTAA
Bruce Quigley	Second Commissioner, ATO
Ken Schurgott	Vice President, TI
Cameron Sorensen	Assistant Commissioner, ATO
Tony Stolarek	Partner - Ernst & Young, ICAA

Apologies

Christopher Branson, QC	NSW Bar, LCA
Steve Cane	General Manager, NTAA
Alexis Kokkinos	Partner - Pitcher Partners, ICAA
Michelle de Niese	Assistant Director, CTA
Andrew O'Bryan	Partner - Hall & Wilcox, CPA Australia
Roger Timms	Head of Tax and Superannuation, TA

Presenters and guest participants

Gary Andrews (Item 13.2)	Assistant Deputy Commissioner, ATO
Ross Brookes (Item 8)	Assistant Commissioner, ATO
Michael Cranston (Item 8)	Deputy Commissioner, ATO
Rob Heferen (Guest)	Executive director, Revenue Group, Treasury
Des Maloney (items 2 and 11)	Special Tax Adviser, ATO
Mike Slattery (Item 4)	Assistant Commissioner, ATO
Peter Walmsley (Item 4)	Deputy Tax Counsel, ATP

Secretariat

Brianne Casey	Assistant Director, ATO
Rob Imer	Director, ATO

Professional Bodies represented at the NTLG

Association of Taxation and Management Accountants	ATMA
Corporate Tax Association	CTA
CPA Australia	CPA Australia
Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia	ICAA
Law Council of Australia	LCA
Institute of Public Accountants	IPA
National Tax and Accountants Association	NTAA
The Tax Institute	TI
Taxpayers Australia Incorporated	TA