Programme and Slides

Time

Conference programme

Morning session 1

Chair: Bob Buckle

8.30 am – 8.45 am

Introduction

Opening speech

Frameworks to guide tax reform and current challenges, introduction to scenarios

Rob McLeod, Managing Partner, Ernst & Young New Zealand (30 minutes)

Morning tea

Morning session 2

Chair: Tony van Zijl

Tax and Transfers

Norman Gemmell, Principal Adviser, Treasury  (30 minutes)

Susan St John, Director, Retirement Policy and Research Centre, University of Auckland (discussant, 10 minutes)

GST

David White, Associate Director, Centre for Accounting, Governance and Taxation Research, Victoria University of Wellington (20 minutes)

Peter Conway, Secretary, New Zealand Council of Trade Unions (discussant 10 minutes)

Lunch

Afternoon session 1

Chair: Tony van Zijl

Base broadening – taxation of capital income

John Shewan, Chairman, PricewaterhouseCoopers  (CGT, other base broadening options, 30 minutes)

Gareth Morgan, Chief Executive Officer, Gareth Morgan Investments  (discussant, 10 minutes)

John Prebble, Victoria University of Wellington (discussant, 10 minutes)

Base broadening – land taxes

Arthur Grimes, Senior Fellow, Motu Economic and Public Policy Research  (land taxes, 20 minutes)

Mike Shaw, Partner, Deloitte (discussant, 10 minutes)

Afternoon tea

Afternoon session 2

Chair: Bob Buckle

Company tax

Matt Benge, Assistant Deputy Commissioner, IRD  (30 minutes)

Paul Dunne, Partner, KPMG  (discussant, 10 minutes)

Mark Weldon, Chief Executive, NZX Limited  (discussant, 10 minutes)

Scenarios

Geof Nightingale, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers New Zealand (30 minutes)

Casey Plunket, Partner, Chapman Tripp  (discussant, 10 minutes)

Closing speech

Conclusion