Program - Queensland Tax Researchers Symposium - School of Law

Queensland Tax Researchers Symposium / Program

Theme 1: Innovation
From 8am	Registration & coffee	Room 217, Sir Llew Edwards Building UQ St Lucia campus
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
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* Commercial Law Department University of Auckland *Dr Man Hung Alvin Cheng* Department of Finance, Accounting and Economics University of Nottingham Ningbo China
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
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* School of Business and Economics University of Tasmania *Mr Norman Hanna* Independent Advisor
12.50pm	Question time to presenters
1.00 to 1.30pm: *Lunch, sponsored by CPA Australia*
*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* Griffith Business School *Professor Brett Freudenberg* Griffith Business School *Dr Deborah Delaney* Griffith Business School
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