Convention Overview
‘Last year delegates told us they wanted more choice, more flexibility and a better mix of general and
specialist tax issues. The program for the 2009 National Convention delivers on all of these points and more.'
Lachlan Wolfers FTIA
National Convention Program Chair
The Convention program opens with four plenary sessions before breaking into a concurrent stream format.
An exciting new program feature is the introduction of six half-day specialist streams, offering a diverse choice of topics for delegates who want more in-depth analysis. The specialist streams will focus on the ever-popular topics of:
- Trusts issues affecting SMEs (Specialist Stream 1)
- GST (Specialist Stream 2)
- R&D (Specialist Stream 3)
- Transfer pricing (Specialist Stream 4)
- Superannuation (Specialist Stream 5)
- Not for profit and charity organisations (Specialist Stream 6).
Each topic will comprise a traditional lecture-style session followed by a practical workshop.
The traditional SME stream will provide the latest insights on topics such as:
- Small business concessions and main residence exemptions
- Earn-out arrangements
- Buying and selling of intangible assets
- Managing intergenerational change
- The latest developments in the SME domain.
The corporate stream will focus on essential issues facing practitioners with large business clients including:
- Advising on tax in a distressed market
- The proposed emissions trading scheme
- Changes to Div 6C and its impact on property trusts
- Recent developments in international tax
- Consolidations
- TOFA.
