JUDITH FREEDMAN

Professor of Tax Law, University of Oxford, and Director of Legal Research, Centre for Business Taxation

The Office of Tax Simplification

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MICHAEL KEEN
Assistant Director, Fiscal Affairs Department, IMF

New levies on banks: issues and options

RICK KREVER

Morash University

Business taxes in the Henry Review

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IAN MENZIES-CONACHER

Managing Director - Group Taxation, Barclays

The new bank levy

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PAUL MORTON

Head of Group Tax, Reed Elsevier

The corporate tax reform roadmap

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 JEFFREY OWENS
Director, Centre for Tax Policy and Administration, OECD

Challenges to existing corporate income taxes

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EDWARD TROUP
Managing Director of Budget, Tax and Welfare, HM Treasury

The Treasury's view

 
The new Chancellor will present his first budget on June 22. He has announced an intention to reduce the corporation tax rate to 25% over the lifetime of this parliament and expressed support for a new tax on banks. He has set up a new Office of Budget Responsibility, and plans an Office of Tax Simplification. But much is unclear, including the fate of existing proposals for CFC reform and a new patent box.

This conference will address these and other pressing business tax issues for the UK and elsewhere, in the light of the June budget. We will set the discussion firmly in the context of a more general discussion of the structure of business taxation, and of the state of the government’s finances.

The conference will bring together leading speakers and participants from government, business, the professions, and academia. This will be David Gauke’s first major speech since starting at the Treasury

The conference will include discussion of the following three broad topics.

• The budget and future direction of business tax
• Fundamental issues in business taxation
• New taxes on banks

The conference will begin at 2pm on 2 July, and end at 1pm on 3 July. There will be a conference buffet dinner for all participants on the evening of 2 July. (World Cup followers should note that there will be an opportunity for those who wish to watch the quarter-final match taking place on the evening of July 2.) 

There is no charge for attending the conference or for the dinner.

A list of convenient hotels will be provided on request for participants.

For information on how to register, please email cbtevents@sbs.ox.ac.uk