2010 Public Course Dates Announced
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We are pleased to announce the dates for our 2010 public training courses: |
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US Withholding Tax: Operational & Regulatory Compliance
2 days, £975 per delegate
A 2-day intensive course covering US S.1441 NRA regulations as well as FATCA – The Tax Extender’s Bill. Basics, history, operational compliance and future changes are all covered… Find out more about this course
23/24 March – London
27/28 April – Sydney
16/17 Nov – Copenhagen
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International Withholding Tax Advanced
2 days, £975 per delegate
A 2-day intensive course covering the global basics of withholding tax. The course also addresses key operational problems and solutions for intermediaries… Find out more about this course
22/23 June – The Netherlands
12/13 Oct – London
To find out more about our public training courses or to make a booking, please click here.
We also offer a wide range of training courses on an in-house basis. Browse our complete course catalogue to find out how we can help your business with a range of business edge, regulatory, corporate actions and technology management training courses.
Withholding Tax Congress Online Archive
Last week’s Withholding Tax Congress, held in London and hosted by our partners at Osney Media, was a great success. The event featured expert speakers from across all areas of the industry, together with detailed discussion of what we can expect in the future given President Obama’s remarks and Announcement 2008-98.
TConsult were proud to host the online version of this conference – which we believe to be the first of its kind for this type of event. Online delegates were able to view the proceedings as they happened via a live video stream, read live commentary, access analytical summaries of each presentation and interact in real time by asking questions via the conference chairman. The feedback has been very positive so far, with people as far afield as Australia and the USA signing in to experience the event online.
Now the event is over, we have a complete archive of the conference, which may still be of interest to those who could not attend either in person or online on 14th-15th October. We are making this available for the reduced price of £750. We were also aware throughout the event that many of the physical delegates felt a bit overwhelmed with the amount of information being delivered. We are therefore also offering access to the online archive to those who attended the live event at the special rate of £250, to help with the absorption process!
NB: The online archive for this event is now closed. Please contact us if you have any queries about this archive.
TConsult Powers Online Withholding Tax Congress
We are delighted to announce that we have been chosen to provide online conference facilities for the forthcoming International Withholding Tax Congress, presented by Osney Media from 14th-15th October 2009.
The live event will be held in London, where TConsult’s CEO Ross McGill will be chairing proceedings. To compliment the live event, we will be providing a full suite of online materials – including live video streaming and commentary – for those delegates who are unable to attend in person. A specially designed website will act as the online conference space, where online delegates can access all of the relevant materials, network with each other and interact with the live conference as it happens via a direct link with the conference chairman.
This event is essential for all QIs and NQIs and is filling up fast, but with many companies restricting travel and expenses, organisers were aware that some potential delegates may not be able to secure the budget to attend in person. Online attendance costs only £995, with no extra costs, making it a great alternative to ensure that you do not miss out on the benefits of this significant event.
NB: This online event is now closed.
TConsult CEO Appointed Conference Chair
We are delighted to confirm that TConsult CEO Ross McGill has been appointed to chair the forthcoming Withholding Tax on US-sourced Income conference organised by Osney Media. The conference will take place from 14-15th October in London, and will feature speakers from across the industry, addressing operational compliance issues for both Qualified Intermediaries and Non-Qualified Intermediaries. Ross will also be delivering a master class to help delegates utilise the insights they gain throughout the event and explore how to maximise innovative solutions within their organisations to overcome operational and strategic compliance issues.
Conference Background
In 2001 The United States Internal Revenue Service announced the most complex and advanced withholding tax regulations in the world. With 800 pages of rules, procedures, audit processes and penalties, the impact for financial intermediaries who manage US-sourced income was, and is, immense. With amendments suggested in the IRS’ notice 2008-98 and proposals by the Obama Administration, qualified and non-qualified intermediaries are set to see the regulator tighten the screws on financial organisations even further.
Increased documentation requirements, procedures requiring QIs to report both US and foreign securities transactions of US non-exempt recipients and proposed regulations to deal with QI sanctions in the case of abusive situations, are only a few of the proposed changes that will become costly for foreign financial institutions to implement and police. And if Chinese whispers from within the industry can be trusted, it will not only hit QIs, but largely impact NQIs too.
With the IRS under tremendous pressure to stop tax leakages and the Obama administration seeking to bring legislative changes to QI withholding tax regulations, both QIs and NQIs will need to re-evaluate and redesign approaches to operational and strategic compliance and technology involved, and make sufficient resources available in order to comply with tautening rules and to avoid vast penalties in the years to come.
Booking
You can find full details of the event programme and book a place by visiting the conference website. We look forward to seeing you there!
