Tax Experts Explore Transfer Pricing Issues In Asia-Pacific

by Mary Swire, Tax-News.com, Hong Kong

14 July 2005

Critical issues on transfer pricing and the effect of cross border transactions on an organisation’s business in the Asia Pacific region will be discussed at a seminar in Singapore, to be held next month.

The two-day summit, organised by Avail Corporation and entitled 'Asia Pacific Cross Border Transactions', is to be held on the 15th and 16th August at the Grand Copthorne Waterfront hotel, and will feature leading practitioners and tax experts.

In an increasingly global economy, many organisations are experiencing a trend in establishing regional and global management centres. The surge in cross border transactions is the result of growth in outsourcing, development of shared service centres, heightened efforts to streamline the supply chain and centralisation of non-core competency functions.

However, against this backdrop, governments are taking a more aggressive stance in an effort to protect their tax bases and eliminate tax avoidance.

The summit will explore the latest regulatory updates from the region with a particular focus on China and Malaysia as well as the latest tools and techniques for a strategic approach to tax planning and managing transfer pricing for the organization.

The summit is organised into an in-depth conference on day one and a series of practical workshops on day two. The panel of experts will include Su Xiaolu, Assistant Inspector, International Taxation, Department of National Taxation Bureau and the Former Director of Anti-Avoidance of Taxation, State Administration of Taxation China, who will speak for the first time in Singapore on China’s policies on transfer pricing.

The event also includes presentations from Oracle Corporation Malaysia, Steven Shell Treasury Centre East, University Utara Malaysia, Deloitte & Touche, KPMG, Ernst & Young, Grant Thornton and Loyens & Loeff.

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