2nd High-Level Regional Tax Conference

Day 2: 7 November 2023, Tuesday
9:30–10:05 a.m. (Philippine Standard Time)	Opening Remarks Tariq Niazi, Senior Director, SG-PSMG, ADB Virtual Keynote Address How Developing Countries Can Strengthen Their Tax Capacity Katherine Baer, Deputy Director, Fiscal Affairs Department, IMF [Presentation Background Reading] Moderator: Cigdem Akin, Principal Public Management Economist, Sectors Group, ADB
10:05–10:20 a.m.	Coffee Break
10:20–11:20 a.m.	Session 6: Base Erosion and Profit Shifting and the Two–Pillar Solution Moderator: Sathi Meyer-Nandi, Integrity Specialist (Taxation), Office of Anticorruption and Integrity, ADB Presenters: Manal Corwin, Director, Center for Tax Policy and Administration, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Ruud de Mooij, Deputy Director, Fiscal Affairs Department, IMF Indonesia Case Study Melanie Dewi Astuti, Senior International Tax Analyst (Team Leader), Ministry of Finance, Indonesia Q&A session
11:20 a.m.–12:20 p.m.	Session 7: Exchange of Information and Common Reporting Standard Moderator: Sathi Meyer-Nandi, Integrity Specialist (Taxation), Office of Anticorruption and Integrity, ADB Keynote: Zayda Manatta, Head of the Secretariat of the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes Presenters: Japan Case Study Minoru Nakamura, Deputy Commissioner for International Affairs, National Tax Agency, Japan Malaysia Case Study Esther Koisin, Director, Department of International Taxation, Inland Revenue Board of Malaysia Q&A session
12:20–1:20 p.m.	Lunch Break, Private Dining Rooms 2-4 and 6
1:20– 2:20 p.m.	Session 8: Taxpayer Services Moderator: Cigdem Akin, Principal Public Management Economist, Sectors Group, ADB Keynote: Victor van Kommer, Director of Tax Services, International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation Presenter: Singapore Case Study Clement Tan, Deputy Director, Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore, Singapore Q&A session
2:20–3:20 p.m.	Session 9: Compliance Risk Management Moderator: Steven Fahey, Senior Tax Administration Consultant, ADB Keynote: Annette Chooi, Senior Tax Administration Consultant, ADB Presenters: Sri Lanka Case Study Nadee Dissanayake, Senior Commissioner, Large Taxpayer’s Unit, Inland Revenue, Sri Lanka India Case Study Dheeraj Rastogi, Executive Vice President (Business Intelligence and Fraud Analytics, Human Resources, Admin, Legal and Finance), GST Network, India Q&A session
3:20–3:35 p.m.	Coffee Break
3:35–4:40 p.m.	Session 10: Digital Transformation of Tax Administration Moderator: Richard Highfield, Senior Tax Administration Consultant, ADB Keynote: Virtual Presentation—Session overview and trends Arturo Herrera Gutierez, Global Director for Governance Global Practice in the Equitable Growth, Finance, and Institutions Practice Group (EFI) Vice Presidency, Governance Presenters: Regional Perspective and ADB’s Initiatives Richard Stern, Senior Tax Digital Transformation Consultant, ADB Republic of Korea Case Study Jaehyun Ju, Deputy Director and Analysis Team Leader, National Tax Service Bigdata Center, Republic of Korea People’s Republic of China Case Study Jieyan Zheng, Deputy Director, E–Invoice Office, State Taxation Administration, People’s Republic of China Q&A session
4:40– 4:50 p.m.	Concluding Remarks Ramesh Subramaniam, Director General and Group Chief, Sectors Group, ADB Moderator: Steven Fahey, Senior Tax Administration Consultant, ADB