| Day 1 |
| 09.00 – 10.00 |
Registration & Coffee |
| 10.00 – 10.15 |
Roy Rohatgi (Conference Director), Welcome to the conference |
| Session One |
| INTERNATIONAL TAX PRINCIPLES |
| Chairman |
Sohrab Dastur, Senior Advocate, India |
| 10.15 – 11.45 |
Special Speaker- Professor Klaus Vogel, Emeritus Professor at the University of Munich, Germany
The Role of Domestic Law in Tax Treaty Interpretation (Presentation & Questions)
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| 11.45– 12.25 |
Dinesh Kanabar, Partner, RSM & Co., India
Recent controversies in Treaty Interpretations in India
Acquisitions
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| 12.25 – 12.45 |
Panel Discussion and Questions
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| 12.45 – 13.00 |
Chairman’s Remarks Lunch (Sponsored by Campden Publishing Limited, United Kingdom) |
| 13.00 – 14.00 |
Lunch (Sponsored by Campden Publishing Limited, United Kingdom) |
| Session Two |
| OVERSEAS TAXATION |
| Chairman |
Shailesh Haribhakti, Partner, Haribhakti & Co., India |
| 14.00 – 14.40 |
Duncan Bentley, Professor of International Tax Law, Bond University, Australia
Tax planning for investing in China
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| 14.40 – 15.20 |
Alex Magell, The Dixcart Group, Guernsey (Channel Islands)
Tax Advantages of Portuguese Companies for Investment and Trading with the European UnionClick Here to view the Presentation |
| 15.20 – 16.00 |
Professor Guenther Strunck, Arthur Andersen, Germany
The German tax system and international Tax Planning
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| 16.00 – 16.30 |
Tea |
| 16.30 – 17.00 |
Hon. Sushil Khushiram, Minister for Economic Affairs, Financial Services and Corporate Affairs, Government of Mauritius.
Recent Legislative and Institutional Changes affecting Mauritius as an International Financial Centre. |
| 17.00– 17.30 |
Clarel Benoit, Association of Offshore Management Companies, Mauritius
Mauritius as a Base for Regional Headquarters Companies
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| 17.30– 18.00 |
Panel discussion and questions |
| 18.00 – 20.00 |
Cocktails and Dinner (Sponsored by the Financial Services Promotion Agency, Mauritius) |
| Day 2 |
| 10.00– 10.30 |
Coffee |
| 10.00– 10.15 |
Roy Rohatgi (Conference Director), Welcome to the conference |
| Session Three |
| THE USE OF TAX TREATIES |
| Chairman |
Nishith Desai, Nishith Desai Associates, India |
| 10.00 – 11.10 |
Walter Raineri, Partner, Fenwick & West, United States
Income Characterization under Domestic Law and Tax Treaties
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| 11.10 – 11.50 |
Cancelled |
| 11.50 – 12.30 |
Jitendra Sanghavi, Practicing Chartered Accountant, India
Exchange of Information under Tax Treaties
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| 12.30 – 13.00 |
Discussion & Questions |
| 13.00 – 14.00 |
Lunch (Sponsored by Kluwer Law International, United Kingdom) |
| Session Four |
| RECENT DEVELOPMENTS |
| Chairman |
Nawshir Mirza, Director, Ernst & Young Private Limited, India |
| 14.00 – 14.40 |
John Neighbour, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Paris (France)
Recent Developments in OECD Guidelines on Transfer Pricing
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| 14.40 – 15.20 |
T P Ostwal, Partner, Ostwal, Desai & Kothari,India
The New Transfer Pricing Rules in India and their Impact
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| 15.20 – 16.00 |
Porus Kaka, practicing Tax Lawyer, India
OECD Recommendations on Taxation of Electronic Commerce
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| 16.00 – 16.30 |
Tea |
| 16.30 – 17.10 |
Ketan Dalal, Partner, RSM & Co.
International Taxation of Independent Personal Services
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| 17.10 – 17.50 |
Herman Schoeman, Guardrisk Insurance Company, South Africa
Captive Insurance in International Tax Planning: Risk financing and Tax Structuring |
| 17.50 – 18.25 |
Panel Discussion and Questions |
| 18.25 – 18.30 |
Concluding Remarks |
| 18.30 – 22.00 |
Cocktails and Dinner (Sponsored by The Haribhakti Group and ITC Grand Maratha Sheraton Hotel, respectively) |
