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The Second Annual Pacific Rim Tax Institute is a two-day conference bringing international tax policy and management issues to the forefront of corporate tax leaders and tax professionals, focusing on the Pacific Rim arena.

The audience will be comprised of high level corporate tax directors, tax counsels and tax managers as well as international and US government personnel. The countries represented will include China, India, Japan, Singapore and Brazil.

The event will be held Thursday, Jan 19, 2012 8:00 AM through Friday, Jan 20, 2012 5:00 PM PST at the Crowne Plaza Cabana Hotel, in Palo Alto, California, USA. Visit our Registration page for more information about the cost of this event and how to register.

Purpose of the Conference

• To provide a venue for Pacific Rim countries to share their current important tax issues and developments before their peer countries, along with OECD tax officials, multinational tax officers and practitioners interested in these important issues.
• To encourage constructive dialogue between the corporate tax community and tax administrators and to improve a mutual understanding and more effective compliance with the participating countries’ tax rules.
• To enhance the relationships between tax professionals and country tax administrators.

Keynote Speakers

• Michael Mundaca, Former Assistant Secretary for Tax Policy, U.S. Treasury Department
• Aart Roelofsen, Senior Tax Policy Advisor (International Tax Affairs) at Ministry of Finance, Netherlands; OECD Chair, Working Group No. 10 (of Working Party #1)

In our brief discussions with practitioners and company representatives in California, we have found a great deal of enthusiasm and interest in this type of Asia-Pacific government conference.  This is obviously due to the focus of business and tax interest in the Pacific Rim countries.  We expect this meeting to be quickly subscribed, and the participants will be fully engaged in the sessions. We expect full coverage of the sessions by the US and international tax press.