Business Tax Forum - meeting 2 July 2007

Agenda

12:00-14:00, Monday 2 July 2007
Room 2/18, Horse Guards Road

Chair: Dave Hartnett (HMRC)
Jon Symonds (AstraZeneca)

Secretariat: Judith Knott (HMRC) Business Customer Unit
Angela Brown (HMRC) Business Customer Unit
Ian Brimicombe (100 Group) Business Secretariat

Attendees:

Adam Little (BP) 100 Group
Eileen Haughey (Marks & Spencer) 100 Group
Joel Walters (Vodafone) 100 Group
Tim Voak (Tesco) CBI
Ian Menzies-Conacher (Barclays) CBI
Michael Templeman (Schroders) CBI
Melanie Dawes (HMRC) Large Business Service
Keith Cartwright (HMRC) Local Compliance
Simon Woodside (HMRC) CT&VAT
Roy Warden (HMRC) CT&VAT
Simon Norris (HMRC) Central Policy
Edward Troup (HMT) Business & Indirect Tax
Bob Fisher (DTI)
Michael Devereux (Oxford University Centre for Business Taxation)

Agenda Items:

12:00 – 12:20 Feedback on issues from previous meeting

• New Transfer Pricing group
• Business breakfast (26 June)
• Litigation and settlement strategy

12:20 – 13:00 Review of Links Update

• Consultations – clearances/rulings and transfer pricing administration
• Timetable and progress on other proposals
• Risk assessment sub-group
• Commercial awareness and culture change

13:00 – 13:30 Admin Burdens

• Update
• Ideas from business

13:30 – 13:50 Powers Review Update

13:50 – 14:00 Any Other Business