ATTA News January 2004
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ATTA News January 2004 http://www.orange.usyd.edu.au/atta/newsletter.htm Editor: Colin Fong, Atax, Faculty of Law, The University of New South Wales [email protected] ATTA website http://www.orange.usyd.edu.au/atta Contents 1 Presidential column.............................................................................................................. 1 2 Free wine tour....................................................................................................................... 1 3 ATTA Conference ................................................................................................................ 2 3 Notice of Annual General Meeting for the Australasian Tax Teachers Association...... 6 4 Proposed Dates for ATTA Annual Conference January 2005 ......................................... 6 5 Appointments, departures and honours............................................................................. 7 6 Australian and New Zealand tax and related PhDs and SJDs completed and in progress ................................................................................................................................................... 7 7 London house for rent.......................................................................................................... 7 8 Young Researcher Award.................................................................................................... 8 9 Eighteenth Century Collections Online.............................................................................. 9 10 Job vacancies....................................................................................................................... 9 11 Tax, Accounting, Economics and Law Related Meetings............................................. 11 12 Recent publications ..........................................................................................................16 1 Presidential column Summer is the season of barbecues, backyard cricket, lazy days by the pool or at the beach, catching up on leisure reading, less time in the office – oh yes what a time of year it is. Late January in Southern Queensland, after receiving up to 8 inches (200 mm) of rain is a sight to behold. Our prayers for rain had been answered but as luck would have it the rain cleared on last Saturday sufficient to allow my two sons and I to get along to the Gabba in Brisbane on Sunday to watch India beat Australia in a “day/night” match. Summer is a great time of year and as Keats puts it in his sonnet when speaking of Summer, “Ode to Autumn.” Until they think warm days will never cease. I trust that your Summer holidays are going well and that you have spent less time in your office. As you look forward to a new academic year I expect that you have set some targets and goals for the year. Perhaps your goals include doing some more professional writing, having a couple of refereed publications, getting on with any further studies and implementing some new strategies with your teaching. I am sure that with a focused approach you will achieve the majority of your goals. I am looking forward to catching up with many members next week at Flinders University in Adelaide for our annual conference. That reminds me I have to put some final touches to my power point presentation. Please ensure that if you are attending that you check item 3 in this newsletter for any final pieces of information. If you need any more information just ask Paul or Nicholas. Happy New Year to you and your family. Tom Delany 2 Free wine tour Great news for the wine tour, as David Matters the manager of the exclusive Magill Estate winery is kindly providing a free tour for ATTA members. Learn how they make the Grange and other great reds. A bus will pick you up from the Glenelg conference accommodation at 12.00 Thursday 29 January. Whilst its not too late to join the tour please email [email protected] by 21 January 2004 to get on board. 3 ATTA Conference The 16th Annual Conference, Australasian Tax Teachers’ Association, at Flinders University, Thursday 29 January to Saturday 31 January 2004, Conference theme- Tax Reform = Fairer, Efficient, Simpler Tax??? Registration cost for ATTA members $330, registration closes 30 November 2003, accomodation details and forms are at Flinders University internet site Australian Taxation Index www.ssn.flinders.edu.au/commerce/tax/ Paul Kenny [email protected] Further non-academic matters please email: Nicholas Bluhm [email protected] Approximate taxi fares, depending on peak or off peak hours: Adelaide airport to Flinders University $15- 20; Adelaide airport to Glenelg $10; Adelaide airport to Adelaide city $10. 16TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE AUSTRALASIAN TAX TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATION Thursday 29 January to Saturday 31 January 2004 Tax Reform = Fairer, Efficient, Simpler Tax??? Hosted by the School of Commerce and School of Law, Flinders University Flinders University Law & Commerce Building Sturt Rd, Bedford Park Adelaide DRAFT CONFERENCE PROGRAM CLOSING DATES: Abstracts: 15 October 2003 Registration: 30 November 2003 Final Papers 28 November 2003 ENQUIRIES If you have any enquiries concerning the conference please feel free to contact: Nicholas Bluhm Phone: (61 8) 8201 3089 Fax: (61 8) 8201 2644 Email: [email protected] For all academic enquiries concerning the conference please feel free to contact: Paul Kenny Phone: (61 8) 8201 2102 Fax: (61 8) 8201 2644 Email: [email protected] Full programme including speakers and topics will be forwarded. THURSDAY 29 JANUARY – RAMADA PIER HOTEL GLENELG 6.30 pm Conference registration and Welcome Cocktail Party and opened by Professor Faith Trent AM, Executive Dean of the Faculty of Education, Humanities, Law and Theology, Ramada Pier Hotel Glenelg, sponsored by ATP and CCH. Book launch by ATP. FRIDAY 30 JANUARY – LAW & COMMERCE BUILDING 8.00 am Buses pick up from Glenelg accommodation. 8.30 am Arrival Tea and Coffee sponsored by CCH Lecture Theatre North 4, Law & Commerce Building. Level 0. 9.00 am Conference opening and welcome from University, Professor Anne Edwards, Vice-Chancellor, Lecture Theatre North 4, Law & Commerce Building. Level 0. 9.15 am Plenary Session 1 – Hon Justice Graham Hill, Patron ATTA Lecture Theatre North 4, Law & Commerce Building. Level 0. 10.00 am Plenary Session 2 – Michael D’Ascenzo, Second Commissioner of Taxation Lecture Theatre North 4, Law & Commerce Building. Level 0. 10.45 am Morning tea, sponsored by CCH Lecture Theatre North 4, Law & Commerce Building. Level 0. 11.15 am Plenary Session 3 – Alice McCleary Deputy Chancellor, University of South Australia Lecture Theatre North 4, Law & Commerce Building. Level 0. 12.00 CCH book launch of Australian Taxation Law 12.15 pm Lunch, sponsored by CCH, Law & Commerce Building courtyard, Level 1, , Lecture Theatre North 4, Law & Commerce Building. Level 0 1.15 pm Parallel sessions 2.15 pm Parallel sessions 3.15 pm Afternoon tea, sponsored by CCH, Lecture Theatre North 4, Law & Commerce Building. Level 0. 3.45 pm Parallel sessions 5.00 pm Day 1 sessions conclude 5.05 pm Buses leave for Glenelg accommodation 6.15 pm Buses pick up from Glenelg accommodation 7.00 pm Conference Dinner Carrick Hill, sponsored by CCH After dinner speaker, Richard Warburton, Chair of Board of Taxation SATURDAY 31 JANUARY - LAW & COMMERCE BUILDING 8.30 am Buses pick up from Glenelg accommodation 9.00 am Arrival Tea and Coffee sponsored by Lexis Nexis 9.30 am Lexis Nexis book launch 9.40 am Plenary Session 1 – Associate Professor Owen Covick, Deputy Head Faculty of Social Sciences Lecture Theatre North 4, Law & Commerce Building. Level 0. 10.20 am Plenary Session 2 – Jim Gordon Inland Revenue New Zealand Lecture Theatre North 4, Law & Commerce Building. Level 0. 11.00 am Morning tea, sponsored by CCH Lecture Theatre North 4, Law & Commerce Building. Level 0. 11.30 am Parallel sessions 12.30 pm Lunch, sponsored by CCH Law & Commerce Building courtyard, Level 1. 1.30 pm Parallel sessions 2.30 pm Afternoon tea sponsored by CCH Lecture Theatre North 4, Law & Commerce Building. Level 0. 3.00 pm Parallel sessions 4.00 pm Afternoon tea sponsored by CCH Lecture Theatre North 4, Law & Commerce Building. Level 0. 4.30 pm ATTA Annual General Meeting Lecture Theatre North 4, Law & Commerce Building, Level 0. 5.15 pm Farewell BBQ sponsored by CCH Law & Commerce Building courtyard 2004 AUSTRALASIAN TAX TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE Flinders University Parallel Sessions Friday 1.30 session CGT Companies / trusts Julie Cassidy - Capital Gains Tax in South Africa Brett Freudenberg - Entity taxation: The phoenix Lessons to be Learnt from the Australian Terrible that will rise again under the guise of simplicity, Twins clarity and fairness? Chris Evans - Taxing personal capital gains in David Dunbar - Trans Tasman Taxation relief: an Australia: causes of complexity and proposals for exercise in political futility reform Friday 2.30 session Tax Reform Compliance Tom Delany - Part IVA and Tax Reform Grant Richardson - An Analysis of the Impact of Tax Fairness Perceptions on Tax Compliance Behaviour in a Non-Western Jurisdiction: The Case of Hong Kong Michael Blissenden – Tobin Tax Lin Mei Tan - Tax Practitioner’s Role in Taxpayer’s Compliance ; a review and synthesis Friday 4.00 session International tax Simplicity Kerrie Sadiq - Jurisdiction to Tax and the Case for Michael Littlewood - Hong Kong’s Tax System: Threshold Reform An Exemplar of Simplicity John Taylor – Alternative Treatments for Foreign