NTLG minutes, March 2010

Meeting details

Venue:	McKay Board Room Level 10 Amungula Building 26 Narellan Street Canberra
Date:	31 March 2010
Start:	9.30am	Finish:	3.30pm
Chair:	Michael D'Ascenzo
Contact and Secretariat:	Brianne Casey	Contact phone:	(07) 3149 5711

Attendees

Gerry Bean	Partner, DLA Phillips Fox, Law Council of Australia (LCA)
Christopher Branson	QC, NSW Bar, Law Council of Australia (LCA)
David Butler	Second Commissioner, Australian Taxation Office (ATO)
Steve Cane	General Manager, National Tax and Accountants Association (NTAA)
Keith Clissold	Senior Vice President, Association of Taxation and Management Accountants (ATMA)
Lance Cunningham	National Director of Taxation, National Institute of Accountants (NIA)
Michael D'Ascenzo	Commissioner, Australian Taxation Office (ATO)
Frank Drenth	Executive Director, Corporate Tax Association (CTA)
Yasser El-Ansary	Tax Counsel, Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia (ICAA)
Kevin Fitzpatrick	Chief Tax Counsel, Australian Taxation Office (ATO)
Jennie Granger	Second Commissioner, Australian Taxation Office (ATO)
Tony Greco	Senior Tax Advisor, National Institute of Accountants (NIA)
Michael Hay	Partner, Pitcher Partners, CPA Australia (CPAA)
David Hazlehurst	General Manager, Treasury
Robert Jeremenko	Senior Tax Counsel, Taxation Institute of Australia (TIA)
Alexis Kokkinos	Partner, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia (ICAA)
Mark Konza	Acting Second Commissioner, Australian Taxation Office (ATO)
Mark Morris	Senior Tax Counsel, CPA Australia (CPAA)
Peter Murray	Vice President, Taxation Institute of Australia (TIA)
Michelle de Niese	Assistant Director, Corporate Tax Association (CTA)
James O'Halloran	Deputy Commissioner, Australian Taxation Office (ATO)
Jonathan Rollings	Principal Adviser, Treasury
Paul Southwell	Assistant Commissioner, Australian Taxation Office (ATO)
Tony Stolarek	Partner, Ernst & Young, Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia (ICAA)
David Williams	President, Taxation Institute of Australia (TIA)

Apologies

Garry Addison	Senior Tax Advisor, CPA Australia (CPAA)
Bob Duncan	President, Association of Taxation and Management Accountants (ATMA)
Andrew O'Bryan	Partner, Hall & Wilcox, CPA Australia (CPAA)
Roger Timms	National Technical Manager, Taxpayers Australia Incorporated (TA)
Bruce Quigley	Second Commissioner, Australian Taxation Office (ATO)

Guests

George Holton (item 2)	Assistant Commissioner, Australian Taxation Office (ATO)
Stephanie Martin (item 10)	Deputy Commissioner, Australian Taxation Office (ATO)
John Ryan (item 17)	First Assistant Commissioner, Australian Taxation Office (ATO)
Anne Connon (item 19)	Assistant Commissioner, Australian Taxation Office (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
National Institute of Accountants	NIA
National Tax and Accountants Association	NTAA
Taxation Institute of Australia	TIA
Taxpayers Australia Incorporated	TA