Attracting more than 200 tax professionals, representing more than 50 multinationals and with delegates coming from 22 different countries, the Transfer Pricing Forum 2003 ran for two days from September 22 and 23 in the heart of New York at Essex House on Central Park. The third time that International Tax Review has hosted the event in association with KPMG, the highlights from this year's forum included a candid address from Hal Hicks, Associate Chief Counsel (International) at the US Internal Revenue Service, analysis of the new services regulations and sessions on transfer pricing strategies in practice and the commercial implications of transfer pricing.
The US services regulations panel initially was not on the programme. The timely release of the new services regulations meant that an extra panel session was warranted at the end of day one. Citigroup's Mike Gaffney, Fenwick & West's Jim Fuller and KPMG's Sean Foley did a great job and delivered a lively and informative session with very little preparation time.
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Camille Glover, Royal Bank of Canada, David Rosenbloom, Caplin & Drysdale and Howard Sacarob, Royal Bank of Canada |
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Philip Albert, Medtronic, and Robert Gustavson, KPMG |
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Moderaters Dan Peters and Steve Harris of KPMG focussed on audience participation |
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Simon Webber, Ernst & Young, Harry Murtha, Kennametal and |
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Jon Silverman, Robert Baldassarre and Mike Picariello of KPMG and Nancy Perks, Microsoft |
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Camille Glover, Royal Bank of Canada, Richard Goldberg, Citigroup, Dr Ulrich Moebus, Merck and Steve Harris, KPMG |
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Patricia Lewis, Caplin & Drysdale, Jerry Epping, Stork United and |
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Larry Zaino, Ciba Specialty Chemical, Liliana Ortiz, PricewaterhouseCoopers and Beat Saxer, Ciba Specialty Chemical |
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Steve Harris, Maryia Taubeneck and Tamara Berner of KPMG, Matthias Mors, European Commission and Isabel Verlinden, PricewaterhouseCoopers |
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Sed Crest, International Tax Review and Michele Hafner, KPMG |
