09.30-11.20 | Keynote Addresses Chair: Partho Shome, Chief Economist, HMRC |
11.30-13.00 | Session 8: Macroeconomic Aspects (HMT Plenary) Chair: Robert Chote, Director, Institute for Fiscal Studies James Perry (MS PowerPoint), HMT, Supporting innovation: Research and Development tax credits Adam Blake, University of Nottingham, Jonathan Gillham, HM Treasury and Aliya Saied, HM Treasury, Assessing the Economic Impact of the Committee on Climate Change's Policy Recommendations Simon Pemble, HMT, Supporting business through the recession: Role of business tax policy Session 8 - Scribe's observations (PDF) |
14.00-15.15 | Session 9: Compliance: International Experiences Chair: Kevin Fletcher, Deputy Director, Enforcement and Compliance, Knowledge Analysis and Intelligence, HMRC Dr Katherine Baer, Dr Alfredo Tijerina and Leopoldo Gutierrez (MS PowerPoint), Mexican Tax and Customs Administration, Assessing the risk of value added tax refunds Soren Pedersen (MS PowerPoint), Danish Tax and Customs Administration, Compliance with the tax rules by private individuals in Denmark Session 9 - Scribe's observations (PDF) | Session 10: Progressivity and Savings Chair: Edward Zamboni, Deputy Director, Personal Taxes, Knowledge Analysis and Intelligence, HMRC Justin van der Ven (MS PowerPoint), National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR), Tax Progressivity as a form of social insurance (full paper - PDF) Pardip Bans and Emily Hutchison, HMRC and Martin Weale, NIESR (PDF), Savings and Pensions Model (full paper - PDF) Session 10 - Scribe's observations (PDF) | Session 11:Researching Customer Experience Chair: Cindy Bell, Deputy Director, Personal Taxes, Knowledge Analysis and Intelligence, HMRC Daniel Alford (MS PowerPoint, 600Kb), HMRC, Measuring Experiences of UK Taxpayers Peter Lumb (MS PowerPoint), HMRC, Evaluation of a trial measure to increase online filing of individual's tax returns (full paper - PDF) Laura Glasstone (MS PowerPoint), HMRC, Increasing understanding of tax credit error by using discrete event simulation to identify where errors are entering the processing system Session 11 - Scribe's observations (PDF) |
15.15-16.30 | Session 12: Corporate and Service Tax: Behaviour and Implementation Chair: Michael Devereux, Director, Oxford University Centre for Business Taxation Arbind Modi, Indian Revenue Service, India - Corporate Tax Behaviour Stephen Phua Lye Huat (PDF), Tax Incentives in Singapore’s Economic Development Bhavna Doshi (MS PowerPoint), KPMG India, Service Taxation: Aspects of Implementation Session 12 - Scribe's observations (PDF) |
15.15-16.30 | Conference Close Mary Aiston, Director, Knowledge, Analysis and Intelligence, HMRC Rapporteur: Jon Franklin, Knowledge Analysis and Intelligence |