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International conference
Tax Competition and Competitiveness
Ten Years of Experience and Challenges for the Future
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December 5-6, 2002 |
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10:00 a.m. |
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Le Meridien Villon Hotel, Vilnius, Lithuania
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Lithuanian/English
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AGENDA
# DAY 1
9:30 Registration
Panel I: Opening
10:00 Welcome
Valdas Adamkus
President of the Republic of Lithuania
Dalia Grybauskaitė
Minister, Ministry of Finance, Lithuania
Manfred Wichmann
Head of the Baltic States Project, Friedrich Naumann Foundation
10:25 Why Tax Competition?
Elena Leontjeva
Chair of the Board, Lithuanian Free Market Institute
10:50 Business and Taxes in Lithuania Ten Years of Experience and Lessons for the Future
Darius Mockus
President, MG Baltic Concern, Lithuania
11:10 Tax Competition and Competitiveness
Ph.D. Daniel J. Mitchell
Senior Fellow, Heritage Foundation, USA
11:30 Optimal Size of Government and Optimal Taxation
Andrei Illarionov
Adviser to the President of the Russian Federation
11:50 COFFEE BREAK
Panel II: Cases from the Baltics and Russia: Peculiarities and Implications for Business and Investment
12:10 Topic: What Estonia Has Merited and Forfeited by Abolishing Corporate Profit Tax
Jürgen Ligi
Member of the Parliament, Estonia
Peep Kalamäe
Tax Manager, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Estonia
12:45 Topic: Strengths and Weaknesses of the Latvian Tax System
Valentīna Andrējeva
State Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Latvia
Ignas Staškevičius
Vaidotas Urba
Joint venture VP Market, Lithuania
13:20 LUNCH
14:20 Topic: Changes in the Lithuanian Tax System: Virtues and Flaws
Vitas Vasiliauskas
Vice-minister, Ministry of Finance, Lithuania
Cameron G. Greaves
F.C.A., Senior Partner Lithuania, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Vidas Lazickas
Economics and Finances Manager, Concern MG Baltic, Lithuania
15:10 COFFEE BREAK
15:30 Topic: Tax Regimes in the Baltics after Joining the EU: Different or Alike?
More or Less Attractive?
Mart Laar
Member of the Parliament of Estonia, Former Prime Minister of Estonia
Ingrida Šimonytė
Head of Taxation Department, Ministry of Finance, Lithuania
16:05 Discussion
17:10 RECEPTION
# DAY 2
Panel III: Tax Harmonisation vs. Tax Competition
10:00 Topic: Tax Law and Practice in the EU: The Benefits of Non-Harmonised Income Taxation
Constantin Gurdgiev
The Open Republic Institute, Trinity College, Ireland
10:00 Topic: EU Tax Law: Indirect Taxes
Toby O'Reilly
Senior Consultant, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Czech Republic
Philip Gambaccini
Manager Economic & Fiscal Affairs, Philip Morris International, Switzerland
10:45 Discussion
11:15 COFFEE BREAK
11:35 Topic: Russias Tax System and Bold Approach to Personal Income Taxation
Karina Khudenko
Tax and Legal Services Manager, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Russia
Christof Ruehl
Chief Economist, Russia Country Department, the World Bank
Ph.D. Daniel J. Mitchell
Senior Fellow, Heritage Foundation, USA
Veronique de Rugy
Fiscal Policy Analyst, CATO Institute, USA
12:20 Discussion
13:00 LUNCH
14:00 Topic: Tax Planning: Why Tax Havens?
Veronique de Rugy
Fiscal Policy Analyst, CATO Institute, USA
14:20 Topic: Tax Planning: Immoral and Harmful?
Mindaugas Palijanskas
President, The Association of Oil Products Trade Enterprises of Lithuania
Dr. Margarita Starkevičiūtė
Associate Professor of the International Business School at Vilnius University, Lithuania
14:55 Discussion
15:30 COFFEE BREAK
Panel IV: Summary and Conclusions
15:50 Topic: Lessons and Recommendations for Lithuania. Challenges for the EU
Rūta Vainienė
Vice President, Lithuanian Free Market Institute
16:15 Discussion
16:40 Closing Speech
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