NTLG minutes, November 2008

Meeting details

Venue:	McKay Board Room Level 10 Amungula Building 26 Narellan Street Canberra
Date:	26 November 2008
Start:	9.30am	Finish:	4.00pm
Chair:	Michael D'Ascenzo
Secretariats:	Louise Jameson and Geoff Besgrove
Contact:	Louise Jameson	Contact phone:	(07) 3119 9394

Attendees

Gary Addison	CPA Australia
Brenda Berkeley	Treasury
David Butler	Tax Office
Steve Cane	National Tax and Accountants Association
Susan Cantamessa	Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia
Annamaria Carey	Tax Office
Keith Clissold	Association of Taxation and Management Accountants
Lance Cunningham	National Institute of Accountants
Michael D'Ascenzo	Tax Office
Frank Drenth	Corporate Tax Association
Kevin Fitzpatrick	Tax Office
Mark Friezer	Law Council of Australia
Michael Hay	CPA Australia
Alexis Kokkinos	Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia
Michelle de Niese	Corporate Tax Association
James O'Halloran	Tax Office
Michael Payne-Mulcahy	Taxation Institute of Australia
Ann Previtera	Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia
Joan Roberts	Taxation Institute of Australia
Bruce Quigley	Tax Office
Heather Schache	Taxpayers Australia Incorporated

Apologies

Chris Branson	Law Council of Australia
Grant Cathro	Law Council of Australia
Michael Dirkis	Taxation Institute of Australia
Bob Duncan	Association of Taxation and Management Accountants
Jennie Granger	Tax Office
Andrew O'Bryan	CPA Australia
Vicki Stylianou	National Institute of Accountants
Sue Williamson	Taxation Institute of Australia

Guests

Freda Chaloner	Head of Large Business Service of Her Majesty's Revenue Customs (HRMC), United Kingdom
Barbara Crook	Taxpayers Australia Incorporated
David Hartnett Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)	Permanent Secretary, United Kingdom
Frank Ng	Commissioner, Large and Mid-sized Business of the United States' Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Kate Roff (Items 9 and 10)	Tax Office

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
National Institute of Accountants	NIA
National Tax and Accountants Association	NTAA
Taxation Institute of Australia	TIA
Taxpayers Australia Incorporated	TA