Cooperating to Combat Tax Evasion Consultation Workshop on Enhancing Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes ADBI, Tokyo 24 26 February 2015 Draft Programme 0900 0930 Registration of participants Day 1 Tuesday 24 February Session 1 Welcome and introduction 09:30 09:50 Opening remarks: Dr. Naoyuki Yoshino, Dean, Asian Development Bank Institute, Tokyo Welcome addresses: Mr. Tomomi Tamaki, Director, Japan Representation Office, ADB Mr. Masaaki Kaizuka, Deputy Commissioner, International Affairs, National Tax Agency, Japan Session 1.2 ADB and Tax 09:50 10:10 Aims of the Technical Assistance Project Mr. Yuji Miyaki, Public Management Specialist (Taxation), ADB Session 1.3 Key policy issues on Transparency and Exchange of Information 10:10 10:50 All participants (as requested in letter of invitation) Plenary discussion, Tax Policy and Administration Specialist, the technical assistance project for Enhancing Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes, ADB (TA8640) 10:50 11:10 Coffee break
Session 2 11:10 11:30 11:30 12:10 12:10 12:30 Legal framework: Exchange of Information Legal instruments on Transparency and Exchange of Information Country Experiences of Legal Instruments Mrs. Batjargal Yadam, Head of Tax Audit Administration and Methodology Department of General Department of Taxation, Mongolia Mr. Yoshio Tanegusa, Professor, National Tax College, Japan Moderator: Dr. Paul Vandenberg, Senior CBT Economist, ADBI 12:30 14:00 Lunch with Photo session Session 3 14:00 14:30 14:30 15:00 15:00 15:30 Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information Briefing on Progress Mr. Donal Godfrey, Deputy Head, Global Forum Secretariat Surviving the Peer Review Process Ms. Charadine Bandon, Chief, International Tax Affairs Division, Bureau of Internal Revenue, Philippines 15:30 15:45 Coffee break 15:45 16:15 16:15 16:45 Global Forum Standard on Automatic Exchange of Information Mr. Donal Godfrey Mr. Nobuaki Izawa, Deputy Director, International Operation Division, National Tax Agency, Japan Questions and discussion 16:45 17:00 Review of Day 1 18:00 Dinner hosted by ADBI
Day 2 Wednesday 25 February Session 4 Technical Forum 09:00 10:30 Questions and discussion on legislation and policy on transparency and exchange of information, standards and rules of the global forum conduct of the peer review process automatic exchange of information 10:30 10:45 Coffee break Session 5.1 10:45 11:30 11:30 12:00 Tax Evasion and Illicit Financial Outflows Reducing Illicit Financial Outflows Mr. Said Zaidansyah, Senior Counsel, Office of the General Counsel, ADB Mr. Brian McAuley Questions and discussion Moderator: Dr. Paul Vandenberg 12:00 13:30 Lunch Session 5.2 13:30 14:00 14:00 14:40 14:40 15:00 Combating Tax Evasion: Exchange of Information Using Exchange of Information to Investigate Tax Evasion Country Experience of Exchange of Information to Investigate Tax Evasion Mr. Yuki Murata, National Tax Agency, Japan 15:00 15:15 Coffee break 15:15 15:45 15:45 16:25 Role of auditors and Investigators in Using Exchange of Information to Combat Tax Evasion Country Experiences Ms. Nguyen Thi Thu, Chief of tax audit large own state enterprise, Tax Audit Department, General Department of Taxation, Vietnam tba
16:25 16:45 16:45 17:00 Review of Day 2 18h00 Dinner hosted by NTA, Japan Day 3 Thursday 26 February Session 6 09:00 09:45 09:45 10:25 10:25 10:45 Joint Session with JICA Strategies to Combat Tax Evasion Using Exchange of Information Enhancing Administration Capacity to Combat Tax Evasion Mr. Naofumi Kosugi, Expert, Japan International Cooperation Agency Mr. John Hutagaol, Director of Tax Regulation Ⅱ, Directorate General of Taxes. Indonesia Moderator: Dr. Paul Vandenberg 10:45 11:00 Coffee break Session 7 11:00 11:30 11:30 12:40 11:40 12:30 Road Map for Combating Tax Evasion Planning Your Road Map for Combating Tax Evasion Ms. Patricia Mongkhonvanit, Director, Bureau of Tax Policy and Planning, the Revenue Department, Thailand Introduction to break out groups Break out Groups s for Planning your road map for combating tax evasion 12:30 13:30 Lunch 13:30 15:00 Report back 15:00 15:15 Coffee break Session 8 Plenary and Closing 15:15 15:45 Plenary
15:45 16:00 Closing remarks and farewells Mr. Brian McAuley Mr. Yuji Miyakli Dr. Paul Vandenberg