Program - Queensland Tax Researchers Symposium
Queensland Tax Researchers Symposium / Program
From 8am | Registration & coffee | Room 217, Sir Llew Edwards Building UQ St Lucia campus |
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8.30am | Welcoming address | Professor Patrick Parkinson AM Dean of Law The University of Queensland |
8.35am |
Keynote address: A Matter of Trust |
Mr Thomas Tulley Partner, Tax and Private Client Services Ernst & Young |
Theme 1: Innovation | ||
9.15am | A toss of a (bit)coin: The uncertain nature of the legal status of cryptocurrencies (UK, NZ, Canada and Australia) |
Professor Julie Cassidy Dr Man Hung Alvin Cheng |
9.35am | How to get Angle Investors interested in just four words – ESIC | Mr Charl van den Berg Grant Thornton Australia TC Beirne School of Law UQ |
9.55am | Imports to Ectopia: Copyright and Income Tax Concessions | Dr Jonathan Barrett School of Accounting and Commercial Law Victoria University of Wellington |
10.15am | Question time to presenters | |
10.35am | Sponsor presentation – Thomson Reuters | |
10:40 to 11:10: Morning coffee, sponsored by Thomson Reuters |
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11.00am | Guest speaker Flow through: tracing the student journey from university to Chartered Accountant and beyond |
Mr Ming Wong-Too-Yuen Senior module leader: Tax CA ANZ – Chartered Accountants Australia New Zealand |
Theme 2: Tax residency | ||
11.30am | The application of Australia’s domestic tax laws and tax treaties where a foreign company is a resident | Mr Norman Hanna Independent Advisor |
11.50am | Australia’s Taxing Rights over Individuals under the Income Tax Assessment Acts: Examining the Utility of the General Jurisdictional Rules | Dr Sonali Walpola College of Business and Economics Australian National University |
12.10pm | The interaction of citizenship taxation with controlled foreign corporation rules: the case of the transition tax | Dr Karen Alpert UQ Business School |
12.30pm | The role of ‘intention’ in determining the residency of individual taxpayers |
Dr John Minas Mr Norman Hanna |
12.50pm | Question time to presenters | |
1.00 to 1.30pm: Lunch, sponsored by CPA Australia |
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Theme 3: Business | ||
1.30pm | Tax implications of financial assurance in Queensland | Elizabeth Colbran Business Tax Services Deloitte |
1.50pm | Work Ready Graduates for Australian Small to Medium Accounting Firms |
Sharon Hayes Professor Brett Freudenberg Dr Deborah Delaney |
2.10pm | An investigation of the full impacts of the mandatory public disclosure of tax return data on firms and financial analysts | Pei-Jia Lum PhD candidate, UQ Business School |
2.30pm | Work-related tax deductions in a changing industrial environment: ramifications for university academics | Dr Steven Stern Adjunct Professor, College of Law and Justice Victoria University |
2.50pm | Question time to presenters | |
3.05pm | Sponsor presentation – Oxford University Press | |
3:10 - 3:30 Afternoon tea, sponsored by Oxford University Press | ||
Theme 4: Trusts | ||
3:30pm | Effective business structures for Australian small and medium enterprises: A Case Study Approach | Barbara Trad PhD candidate, Griffith University |
3:50pm | The chaotic Thomas litigation and the passing of franked distributions and associated attributes to discretionary beneficiaries: Has some tax law clarity been attained? | Associate Professor Dale Boccabella School of Taxation & Business Law University of New South Wales |
4.10pm | Dissecting the Australian Labor Party’s tax policy on family trusts | Dr Thea Voogt TC Beirne School of Law The University of Queensland |
4:30pm | Question time to presenters | |
4:40pm | Prize giving and closing |