Title: RE: [tax] Draft Tax XML teleconference minutes
Terry,
I agree with you that we
should not be distracted on the opportunities there are on income tax. The
income tax arena we all (tax administrations) have entered. On the other end
indirect taxes such as VAT/GST produce vast amount of data of a not very
complex nature. So there my be low hanging fruit there. I share your concern about
the bandwidth of the TC but we are still in the starting fase. I hope to
achieve some focus during the upcoming weeks and get a working programme were
we all can participate and feel confident that we achieve something.
Harm Jan van Burg
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Van: Lutes Terence H
[mailto:]
Verzonden: vrijdag 7 maart 2003
14:25
Aan: 'H.J.M. van Burg'; 'Peter
Horsburgh';
Onderwerp: RE: [tax] Draft Tax XML
teleconference minutes
First, my biases. It is not news to anyone that
the U.S. does not have a VAT/GST at the federal level. The states would
likely have an interest. I would not support working on indirect taxes if
that means delaying income taxes. I know a large number of countries are
modernizing or just developing electronic income tax systems. Thus to
delay standards development on the income tax side would be to miss a
tremendous opportunity. If there is a desire to work income taxes right
away, I would suggest consideration of two technical subcommittees, one for
income taxes and one for indirect taxes. The question is, "do we
have the bandwidth for this?"
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From: H.J.M. van Burg [mailto:]
Sent: Wednesday, March
05, 2003 1:42 PM
To: 'Peter
Horsburgh';
Subject:
RE: [tax] Draft Tax XML teleconference minutes
Peter,
Thank you for the idea. I do not
know if the indirect tax isn't a size to
big for this TC right now, but if
we can agree on something like that, it
could be a great opportunity.
The Charter does not prevent us
from exploring that direction.
Do others feel the same way?
Harm Jan
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Van: Peter Horsburgh [mailto:]
Verzonden: woensdag 5 maart 2003
0:18
Aan: ;
Onderwerp: RE: [tax] Draft Tax XML
teleconference minutes
To the group -- have you considered contacting the
International Bureau
of Fiscal Documentation http://www.ibfd.nl/about_ibfd/frameset_about.htm
which is a non profit; with regards
the establishment of a framework for
the work elements of the TC? It's
not entirely clear to me what the
charter of the TC is - for example,
it could be that the goal of the TC
is to develop a taxonomy for (1)
International transfer pricing and (2)
indirect tax (collectively VAT,
GST, Sales Tax)....taxation of the
Internet -- this would surely peek
the interest of potential
participants and get the work
commitment underway
Comments?
Peter
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Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 1:39
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Subject: [tax] Draft Tax XML
teleconference minutes
Hello,
Attached are the notes from our teleconference held on
February 12,
2003.
Thank you very much to our
colleagues at MITRE and US IRS for taking the
notes.
Please review the information and let me know of any
additions or
corrections. I intend to publish
the notes to our site on Monday, March
10,
2003. So please reply by Monday.
Regards,
Michael.
(See attached file: OASIS TC 02-12-03 conference call
minutes.doc)
