GST minutes, June 2011

Meeting details

Venue:	The Tax Institute Building Level 10 175 Pitt Street Sydney
Date:	15 June 2011
Start:	10.00am	Finish:	4.00pm
Chair:	Andrew Orme Elizabeth Goli
Contact and Secretariat:	Kathy Gruber	Contact phone:	(02) 6216 2243

Attendees

Donna Bagnall	ICAA
Bill Benham	ATMA
Joanne Casburn	Assistant Commissioner, ATO
Jamie Clarke	CPAA
Ken Claughton	CPAA
Rob Dalla-Costa	Treasury
Michelle DeNeise	CTA
Michael Evans	ICAA
Elizabeth Goli	Senior Assistant Commissioner, ATO
Tony Greco	IPA
Suzanne Kneen	TTI
Gina Lazanas	TTI
Tony Long	Assistant Commissioner, ATO
Brett Mawby	MCA
Peter McDonald	IPA
Craig Milner	LCA
Paul Nguyen	PCA
James O'Halloran (guest)	Deputy Commissioner, ATO
Robert Olding (guest)	Deputy Chief Tax Counsel, ATO
Andrew Orme	Senior Tax Counsel, ATO
Bill Packwood	FSC
Roger Timms	TA
Paul Tregillis	Senior Assistant Commissioner, ATO
Rod Wilson	NTAA

Apologies

Rod Ettridge	Senior Assistant Commissioner, ATO
Steve Howlin	Assistant Commissioner, ATO
Brett O'Neill	Acting Assistant Commissioner, ATO
Deepti Paton	TTI

Agenda item and guests

Rod Dunn (item 4 - 2011.03.7 and 8) Senior Director	ATO
Nathan Firth (item 4 - 2011.03.10) Senior Director	ATO
John Gleeson (item 12 and 13) Tax Counsel	ATO
Nicola Black (item 4 - 2011.03.13,14 and 15) Senior Director	ATO
Graeme Mayne (item 17) Acting Assistant Commissioner	ATO
Fran Southward (item 4 - 2011.03.13, 14 and 15) Acting Assistant Commissioner	ATO
Andy Ditchfield (item 20) Senior Director	ATO
Nelson Da Rocha (item 7) Director	ATO

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

Member representative comments are attributed to the organisation which they represent.

Acronyms and references in these minutes

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

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