Associate Professor Margaret McKerchar,
Professor Chris Evans, Associate Professor Michael Walpole,
Mr Michael D’Ascenzo, David Vos AM, Mr Paul Drum
David Vos AM
Inspector-General of Taxation Australia
Sir Anthony Mason AC KBE
Delivering Opening Address
Mr Kim Bloomquist, Mr David Butler,
Associate Professor Margaret McKerchar and Mr Richard
Highfield
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Australia's Commissioner of Taxation
Michael D'Ascenzo and David Butler, the New Zealand
Commissioner of Taxation, were both keynote speakers
at the 7th International Conference on Tax Administration,
hosted by UNSW's Atax.
The conference, held every two years, brought together
leading international and Australian academics, practitioners
and leaders of revenue authorities to discuss and compare
contemporary issues and research in tax administration.
More than 38 papers were presented over two days on
topics including international issues in tax administration;
self-assessment; administration and compliance costs;
compliance behavior; change management; taxpayer rights
and obligations; tax decision making and dispute resolution;
tax evasion; and ethical considerations and effective
enforcement strategies.
High profile speakers included:
Sir Anthony Mason
Michael D'Ascenzo, Australian Commissioner of Taxation
David Butler, New Zealand Commissioner of Taxation
Richard Highfield, OECD Centre for Tax Policy and Administration
David Vos, Australian Inspector-General of Taxation
Michael Dirkis, Taxation Institute of Australia
Kim Bloomquist, United States Internal Revenue Service
Professor Stewart Karlinsky, San Jose State University,
USA
Professor Chris Evans, Atax UNSW
Associate Professor Neil Warren, Atax UNSW
Sir
Anthony Mason AC KBE Opening Address
Link
to Power Point Presentations
Cedric Sandford Medal recipient
Kim Bloomquist was awarded the highly prestigious Cedric
Sandford Medal at this year’s conference. Mr Bloomquist
was quoted as saying "I'm greatly honored to become
the second recipient of the Cedric Sandford Medal. Although
I never met Prof. Sandford, those that did know him
had the highest regard for his work and for the man
himself. Prof. Sandford was a man of many talents and
accomplishments. He trained as a pilot in the RAF. He
was an economist who was respected world-wide as a researcher,
teacher, consultant, and writer. He was an outdoorsman
with a passion for fishing, and a devoted husband and
father. It is fitting that we take this occasion to
remember the man after whom this award is named and
the qualities he embodied: excellence in scholarship,
service to community, and generosity of spirit. Prof.
Sandford represents an ideal to which we should all
aspire.”
Proudly sponsored by CPA Australia
(Major sponsor) LexisNexis and Atax
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