14th International ATAX Tax Administration Conference

Conference program now available

For the first time this preeminent biennial event that brings together leading tax administrators, academics and practitioners from around the globe will be a combination of face to face and virtual participation.  In keeping with these challenging times we have chosen these dates to maximise the option of you being able to join us in person but with the flexibility to join us virtually if you can't.

The theme of the 2021 conference is:  'New Frontiers in Tax Administration'. During this two-day event, conference speakers will explore key tax administration issues including:

cutting-edge initiatives in service delivery and compliance including digital and data use, tap and go, and artificial intelligence;
data policy, ethical data exploitation, cyber security and new developments in regulating data platforms;
globalisation of revenue administration; and
tax dispute resolution and new approaches to protecting the financially vulnerable including the elderly, impaired and those in remote areas.

Presenters who previously had papers accepted please note we will be in touch to advise you of the new deadline for papers in case you want to refresh yours to take account of recent extraordinary developments!

Location: Conference: Hilton Sydney, 488 George Street, Sydney, 2000 & Dinner (23 November): The Tea Room, QVB, 455 George Street, Sydney, 2000

When: 9-5pm, 23 & 24 November 2021

��ǲԳٲ��:��Maree Magafas, UNSW Business School

Conference organisers have secured with the Hilton a special delegate rate of 10% off the advertised day rate. To book, please visit��or call on +61 (0)2 9266 2000 referring to group code GUNSWD for a discounted rate (10% off from hotel best available rate).

Day 1: Tuesday 23 November 2021
08.30-09.00	Registration and Coffee on Arrival
Session 1: Plenary (Chair: Professor Michael Walpole)
“Taxes are the price we pay for a civilized society. I like to pay taxes. With them I buy civilization.” Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr
09.00 - 09.05	Professor Michael Walpole, Professor, School of Accounting Auditing and Taxation, UNSW Business School: Introductions and Housekeeping
09.05 - 09.20	Professor Chris Styles, Dean UNSW Business School: Acknowledgement of Country and Welcome to Delegates
09.20 - 09.30	Tetsushi Sonobe, Dean, Asian Development Bank Institute: Welcome to Delegates on Behalf of ADBI (Tokyo��time: 07.20am – 07.30am)��
09.30 – 10.00	Chris Jordan AO, Commissioner of Taxation, Australia: Challenges and Opportunities for a New Decade in Tax Administration
10.00 – 10.30	Naomi Ferguson, Commissioner and CEO of Inland Revenue, New Zealand: New Frontiers – A New Zealand Perspective (New Zealand:��12 noon – 12.30)��
10.30 – 11.00	Morning Tea
Session 2: Parallel Streams
“When there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the unjust less on the same amount of income.” Plato
��	Stream A Compliance:��How Important is the Role of Corporate Social Responsibility?	Stream B Digitalisation: Evolution or Revolution?	Stream C (brought to you by ADBI) Tax Administrative Responses to the Digitising Economy: An Asia-Pacific Perspective
��	Chair: Mandy Cheng	Chair: Dale Boccabella	Chair: Chul Ju Kim (Japan: 9.00am - 10.30am)
11.00 – 11.20	Rebecca Saint Deputy Commissioner, ATO The Role of Transparency in Large Market Tax Compliance	Yan Xu Digital Revolution? Blockchain as a Driver for the Rule of Law in Tax Administration in China	Professor Chris Evans Special Address New Frontiers for Tax in the Digital Age
11.20 – 11.40	Rodney Brown Increased Public Scrutiny to the Rescue? A Study of the Responses to the Australian Senate Inquiry into Corporate Tax Avoidance	Helena Strauss, Tyson Fawcett��& Danie Schutte Global Digital Response of Tax Administrations to a Digitalised Economy (Vienna: 1.20am - 1.40am)	Visions and Challenges of Digital Taxation in Asia and the Pacific �� Panel Discussion
11.40 – 12.00	Kerrie Sadiq & Bronwyn McCredie The Effectiveness of Voluntary Corporate Tax Disclosures: An Australian Case Study (Brisbane:10.40am - 11.00am)	Jennie Granger, Bernadene de Clercq & Andy Lymer Tapping Taxes
12.00 – 12.30	Q & A based upon previous 3 papers	Q & A based upon previous 3 papers	Q & A
12.45 – 14.00	Lunch
Session 3: Plenary (Chair: Professor Paul Andon)
“The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to procure the largest quantity of feathers with the least possible amount of hissing.” Jean-Baptiste Colbert
14.00 – 14.30	Karen Payne, Inspector-General of Taxation, Australia: Insights from the Inspector-General of Taxation and Taxation Ombudsman on SME Compliance (with 10mins Q&A)
14.30 – 15.00	Dr Mark Pizzacalla, Partner, BDO, Former Board of Taxation: Australia: SMEs – Balancing Taxpayer Compliance with Government Administration
15.00 – 15.30	Michael O’Neill, ��Secretary/CEO of the Australian Tax Practitioners’ Board Australia’s Regulatory Environment for Tax Intermediaries
15.30 – 15.50	Afternoon Tea
Session 4: Parallel Streams
“There’s nothing wrong with the younger generation that becoming taxpayers won’t cure.” Dan Bennett
��	Stream A Compliance: At What Cost?	Stream B Digitalisation: People v Machines	Stream C (brought to you by ADBI) Tax Administrative Responses to the Digitising Economy: An Asia-Pacific Perspective
��	Chair: Jeff Coulton	Chair: Yan Xu	Chair: Seungju Baek (Japan:��11.50am –��13.20pm)��
15.50 – 16.10	Rodney Brown & Kerrie Sadiq Diagnosing the Corporate Income Tax Compliance Burden: A Cross-Country Assessment	John Bevacqua Tax authority immunity in a Digital Tax Administration World (Melbourne��14.50pm -15.10pm)��	Bruno Carrasco Special Address ADBI’s Role in Support of Tax Reforms
16.10 – 16.30	Hughlene Burton, Binh Tran-Nam, Stewart Karlinsky & Robert Deutsch Perceptions of Large Business Tax Law Complexity in Australia	Kalmen Datt Automated Assessments: Valid or Invalid – That is the Question (Sydney)	The Role of Technology in the Modern Tax Administration �� Panel Discussion Mohammad Hasan Shakil Naofumi Kosugi Asma Shageeu Antonette Carriedo Tionko
16.30 – 16.50	Ann Kayis-Kumar, Michael Walpole, Jack Noone, Youngdeok Lim & Gordon Mackenzie Up Hardship Creek Without a Paddle? Quantifying the Nation-wide Unmet Need for Tax Advice	Robin Woellner It’s a Bad Look! (Sydney)
16.50 – 17.20	Q & A based upon previous 3 papers	Q & A based upon previous 3 papers	Q & A
Dinner MC: Professor John Taylor
18.00 – 21.00	If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world. J.R.R. Tolkien Presentation of Sandford Medal Dinner Venue: Tea Room, Queen Victoria Building

Day 2: Wednesday 24 November 2021
Session 5: Plenary (Chair: Professor Jennie Granger)
“We must collect taxes without causing unnecessary burden to citizens. Just as a flower is not hurt when the bee draws nectar from it, so also should the king not disturb the taxpayer when he collects taxes.”. Kautilya (c. 350-275 BCE)
09.00 – 09.30	David Bradbury Latest Developments in International Taxation: An OECD Perspective. (Paris:��11:00pm –11:30pm)��
09.30 – 10.00	Bernard J McCabe, Deputy President Administrative Appeals Tribunal: Modelling Good Decision-Making Behaviour in Tax
10.00 – 10.30	Hank Williams, Deputy Commissioner General, Tax Administration Jamaica: Transforming Jamaica’s Administration Using Technology to Improve Compliance (Jamaica: 18:00pm – 18:30pm��Tues 23 Nov)
10.30 – 11.00	Morning Tea
Session 6: Parallel Streams
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��	Stream A Compliance and International Collaboration: Are we on the Right Track?	Stream B Taxpayer Litigation: Time to Rethink?	Stream C (brought to you by ADBI) Tax Administrative Responses to the Digitising Economy: An Asia-Pacific Perspective
��	Chair: Binh Tran-Nam	Chair: Youngdeok Lim	Chair: Farhad Taghi Zadeh Hesary
11.00 – 11.20	Karen Powell & Monica Hope The Digital Economy and International Tax Regulation: Historical Lessons from Securities Law	Mahmoud Abdellatif The Influence of Tax Administration Digitalisation on VAT Compliance: The Case of Egypt (Qatar: 3.00am - 3.20am)	Harnessing Digitalization for Voluntary Tax Compliance �� Panel Discussion Yan Xu Dwi Astuti Yumin Lee ��
11.20 – 11.40	Michael Dirkis The Last Frontier: Assistance in Debt Collection	Duncan Bentley Tax Officer 2030: Robo Homo Sapiens (Melbourne��10.20am -10.40am)��
11.40 – 12.00	Q & A based upon previous 2 papers	Q & A based upon previous 2 papers	Q & A
12:00-12:15	Livestream book launch: New Frontiers for Tax in the Digital Age	Livestream book launch: New Frontiers for Tax in the Digital Age	Livestream Book Promotion: New Frontiers for Tax in the Digital Age
12.15 – 13.15	Lunch
Session 7: Plenary (Chair: Professor Chris Evans)
“[Understanding tax] is too difficult for a mathematician.�� It takes a philosopher.” Albert Einstein
13.15 – 13.45	Nina Olson, Director Center for Taxpayer Rights: Taxpayer Advocates – Role in Dispute Resolution and Systemic Change (Washington:��21.15pm – 21.45pm,��23 Nov)
13.45 – 14.00	Belema Obuoforibo,��Director, IBFD Knowledge Centre: 6 The Taxpayer’s Right of Appeal to an Independent Body – Pertinent Issues for Developing Countries (Amsterdam:��3.45am –��4.00am)
14:00- 14.20	Jeremy Hirschhorn, Second Commissioner Client Engagement ATO “Beyond Tax Gap:�� How A Better Understanding of Tax Performance Changes Tax Administration”.
Session 8: Parallel Streams
“Death, taxes and childbirth!�� There is never any convenient time for any of them.” Margaret Mitchell
��	Stream A Compliance: By Design	Stream B Digital Data Opportunities and Challenges	Stream C (brought to you by ADBI) Tax Administrative Responses to the Digitising Economy: An Asia-Pacific Perspective
��	Chair: Noel Harding	Chair: Kathrin Bain	Chair: Nella Sri Hendriyetty (Japan:��12.00��–13.00pm)
14.20 – 14.40	Richard Highfield & Neil Warren How Can Tax Gap Inform Tax Policy and Administration? A Case Study of Australia’s Individuals Income Tax	Andrew Maples, Melinda Jone & Alistair Hodson Inland Revenue Facilitated Conferences: Better Than Settling Disputes with ‘Clubs and Spears’? (New Zealand: 16.00pm -16.20pm)	Digital Disruption and Tax Administration Reform in the Digital Economy �� Panel Discussion Jennie Granger Denny Vissaro
14.40 – 15.00	Binh Tran-Nam, Richard Highfield, Chris Evans & Michael Walpole Evaluating��the Tax Compliance Burden: Developments in Research Methodology and Empirical Application	Adrian Sawyer Enhancing Taxpayers’ Rights in New Zealand: An Opportunity Missed (New Zealand: 16.20pm -��16.40pm)
15.00 – 15.20	Hao Wu Identifying Potential Tax Audit Targets: An Experiment to Indirectly Model Individual Tax Compliance Decisions	Karen Stark, Sharon Smulders and Elza Odendaal Strategies for Tax Compliance Cost Mitigation – Views from South African Individual Taxpayers (Pretoria:��5.40am - 6am)	��
15.20– 15.40	Q & A based upon previous 3 papers	Q & A based upon previous 3 papers	Q & A
Session 9: Plenary (Chair: Fiona Martin) Assisting Vulnerable Taxpayers
“Logic and taxation are not always the best of friends.” James C. McReynolds
15.55 – 16.15	Hoa Wood, Deputy Commissioner, Individuals and Intermediaries, Australian Tax Office An ATO Perspective: Assisting Vulnerable Taxpayers (Perth: 12.55pm – 13.15pm)
16.15 - 16.35	Ann Kayis-Kumar, Paul Viola��&��Michael Walpole Tax Clinics: Reaching the Financially Vulnerable
16.35 - 16.50	Panel Q & A
Session 10: Plenary Panel (Chair: Andrew Mills)
“Tax is not a four-letter word; rather, it’s the price we pay for the country we want.” Alex Himelfarb
16.50 – 17.35	Last Word on a Developing Future: Justified Trust? Jeremy Hirschhorn, Australian Taxation Office (ATO) Rebecca Saint, Australian Taxation Office (ATO) Rodney Brown, UNSW Business School Michelle de Niese, Corporate Tax Association Premila Roe, BHP Billiton
Session 11: Close Professor Michael Walpole
“In this world, nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” Benjamin Franklin
17.35 - 17.50	Professor Michael Walpole Conference Close��
18.00	Drinks

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