Irish Tax Institute and Revenue Joint Conference 2017
“Changing Times for Tax Administration”
Time
Topic
Friday 17 February 2017
10.00 - 10.30
10.30 - 10.45
Registration
Opening Remarks
Speaker(s)
Niall Cody, Revenue Chairman
Mark Barrett, Irish Tax Institute
President
Daniel Sinnott, Revenue
&
John Curry, KPMG
10.45 - 11:25
[40 mins]
1
Strategic Impact of Data on Tax Compliance
and Administrations
 Reflections on CRS, CBCR, exchange of
opinions and other 3rd party information
developments
 How it is being used e.g. modelling, REAP,
“joining the dots” e.g. construction/RCT
etc.
 Practitioner’s perspective on the impact of
data
11.25 – 11.50
[25 mins]
2
The Disclosure Regime for Offshore Matters – Lyndsay Smyth, Revenue
Revenue perspective
 Disclosures pre-1 May: the rules;
mechanics and Revenue guidance
 Code of Practice
 Post 1 May 2017
11.50 - 12.10
[20 mins]
12.10 – 12.30
[20 mins]
12.30 – 12.55
[25 mins]
12.55 – 13.15
[20 mins]
13.15 – 14.30
[75 mins]
Tea/Coffee & Networking
3
The Disclosure Regime for Offshore Matters – Julie Burke, Ronan Daly Jermyn
Issues for Tax Advisers and Taxpayers
 Outline of the key risks and potential
impact
 Worked examples – practical issues for
companies and individuals
 Post 1 May 2017
4
The Future of the Tax Profession
Panel:
 Fireside chat with members from practice  Colm Kelly, PwC
and industry
 Tom Reynolds, Schneider Electric
Moderator – Cora O’Brien, Irish Tax
Institute
Questions & Answers
Lunch
14.30 - 14.50
[20 mins]
5
Revenue Website Development
Sinead Ryan, Revenue
 The Revenue website update of technical
information
14.50 – 15.15
[25 mins]
6
Technical Services
 Revenue Opinions
 Revenue Technical Services
Fergal Cahill, Cahill Taxation Services
&
Fay Kearney, Revenue
15.15 – 15.45
[30 mins]
7
Real-Time Compliance Interventions
 Nature of compliance intervention to
match nature of tax default
 Profile interviews with onsite visit – 2017
nationwide focus
Angela McDonald, Revenue
&
Sandra Clarke, BCC Accountants &
Registered Auditors
15.45 – 15.55
[10 mins]
15.55 – 16.10
[15 mins]
16.10 – 16.25
[15 mins]
Questions & Answers
Tea/Coffee & Networking
9
16.25 – 16.55
[30 mins]
10
16.55 – 17.15
[20 mins]
19.00
11
Demos in the Main Auditorium
 Revenue Online Service & TaxFind
Leeann O’Kelly, Revenue
&
Evelyn Delehanty, Irish Tax
Institute
Panel Discussion: Reflections on Day 1 of the Panel:
Conference
 Colm Browne, OBI
 Eugene Creighton, Revenue
 Bernard Doherty, Grant
Thornton
 Michael Gladney, Collector
General
Chair:
Michael O’Grady, former Revenue
Commissioner
Guest Speaker
Pre-Dinner Drinks & Conference Dinner
Henry Shefflin
Saturday, 18 February 2017
10.00 - 10.15
12
PAYE Modernisation – Presentation
[15 mins]
10.15 – 10.55
[40 mins]
13a
Split Session
PAYE Modernisation – Workshops
Ruth Kennedy, Revenue
All
Or
10.15 – 10.55
[40 mins]
13b
Tax Administration & the International
Aidan Walsh, EY
Backdrop, EU & OECD Measures
&
Eamonn O’Dea, Revenue
 Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive
 BEPS implementation e.g. MLI & PE/profit
attributions etc.
10.55 - 11.25
[30 mins]
14
Round-up of Compliance Programmes and
Revenue Service Developments
Including:
 Casebase segmentation, Co-operative
Compliance, MyEnquiries
Questions & Answers
James Twohig, Revenue
&
Jim Kelly, Grant Thornton
Closing Remarks – Bringing It All Together
Niall Cody, Revenue Chairman
&
Mark Barrett, Irish Tax Institute
President
11.25 – 11.40
[15 mins]
11.40 - 11.55
[15 mins]