FSI minutes, April 2008

Meeting details

Venue:	Australian Taxation Office 52 Goulburn Street Sydney
Date:	Tuesday 8 April 2008
Start:	10.15am	Finish:	4.30pm
Chair:	Anne Van Loon
Facilitator and contact:	Geoff Tarran	Contact phone:	(03) 9275 2735

Attendees

Ms Jenny Wong	KPMG
Mr Andrew Mills	Taxation Institute of Australia
Mr Robert Graziani	Treasury
Ms Ann Previtera	Institute of Chartered Accountants of Australia
Mr John Balazs	Law Council of Australia
Ms Isabelle MacInnes	CPA Australia
Mr Dudley Heywood	Investment and Financial Services Association
Mr James Loughhead	Australian Bankers Association
Ms Anne Van Loon	Tax Office
Mr Kevin O'Shaughnessy	Tax Office
Mr Ross Wadelton	Tax Office
Mr Geoff Tarran	Tax Office
Ms Georgina Rogers	Tax Office	(via phone agenda item 5)
Mr Graeme Clarke	Tax Office	(via phone agenda item 5)
Mr Greg Vitulano	Tax Office	(via phone agenda item 6)
Mr. Kevin Wallace	Tax Office	(via phone agenda item 7)
Mr Tony Carrol	Tax Office	(via phone agenda item 9)

Apologies

Mr Peter Collins	PricewaterhouseCoopers
Mr Ian Pittard	Tax Office

External representatives

Australian Bankers Association	ABA
CPA Australia	CPA Australia
Corporate Tax Association	CTA
Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia	ICAA
Investment and Financial Services Australia	IFSA
Law Council of Australia	LCA
PricewaterhouseCoopers	PWC
Taxation Institute of Australia	TIA

Abbreviations

Income Tax Assessment Act 1936	ITAA 1936
Income Tax Assessment Act 1997	ITAA 1997
International Tax Agreements Act 1953	Agreements Act
ATO Interpretative Decision ATO ID	ATO ID

* The Department of Treasury attends the National Tax Liaison Group Foreign Source Income Sub-committee meetings as an observer.