Taxation Committee deals with a wide variety of tax matters related to doing business in Hong Kong and the PRC, and focuses on the US taxation aspects of doing business abroad, including individual expatriate and corporate tax issues.

Committee Chair: Evan Blanco Principal-International Tax Services Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu

Committee Vice-Chair: David Sutherland

UPCOMING AMCHAM TAXATION COMMITTEE MEETING
With Guest Speaker: Chinchie Killfoil, IRS Tax Attache, U.S. Embassy, Beijing 
What Should the IRS Do to Help Increase Compliance of Overseas American Taxpayers?
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HOSTED BY: Evan Blanco, Taxation Committee Chair
WHEN: Wednesday, March 17, 2010, 3:30pm - 5:30pm
WHERE: AmCham Conference Room, Rm. 1904 Bank of America Tower, 12 Harcourt Road, Central
AmCham will provide coffee and tea.
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Dear Members,

Please join us as we welcome Chinchie Killfoil, IRS Tax Attache of U.S. Embassy in Beijing who will speak on What Should the IRS Do to Help Increase Compliance of Overseas American Taxpayers?

DETAILS
Chinchie Killfoil the IRS Tax Attache in Beijing will be visiting Hong Kong and is interested in a dialogue with Amcham members as to what the IRS can do to improve:
* filing compliance
* the dissemination of information related to US taxes
* dialogue with taxpayers in Hong Kong

ABOUT CHINCHIE KILLFOIL
Ms. Killfoil is the IRS Tax Attache at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing. In November 2008, Chinchie Killfoil became the first IRS Tax Attaché assigned to the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, China. Before coming to China, she served as the Tax Treaty Manager responsible for negotiating transfer pricing cases and resolving tax treaty related disputes with European countries. She interfaced with taxing authorities of the European countries and the executives of the multinational corporations involved.

Looking forward to seeing you there.
Evan Blanco
AmCham Taxation Committee Chair

Past Events:

Event Date	Title	Speaker(s)
Feb 25, 2010	New Departmental Interpretation Practice Note on Transfer Pricing	Nathan Richards, Director, Global Transfer Pricing Services, KPMG China
Jan 7, 2010	Various Regional and US Tax Issues	David Sutherland, Managing Director, Morgan Stanley Evan Blanco, Principal, International Tax and M&A Services, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
Oct 23, 2009	Various Regional and US Tax Issues	David Sutherland, Managing Director, Morgan Stanley; Evan Blanco, Principal, International Tax and M&A Services, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
Jun 22, 2009	New IRS Voluntary Disclosure Initiative	Paul Behling, Partner, Withers Bergman LLP
Jun 8, 2009	Impact of Recent China M&A Tax Rules	Evan Blanco, Principal - International Tax Services, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
May 8, 2009	New U.S. Tax Haven Legislation and other Regional Developments	Evan Blanco, Principal - International Tax Services, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
Apr 3, 2009	New U.S. Tax Haven Legislation and other regional developments	David Sutherland, Managing Director, Morgan Stanley; Evan Blanco, Principal - International Tax Services, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
Apr 1, 2009	New China Regulations on Transfer Pricing	Karmen Yeung, Principal, Global Transfer Pricing Services, KPMG China, Hong Kong; Kari Pahlman, Director, Global Transfer Pricing Services, KPMG China, Hong Kong
Mar 19, 2009	U.S. Tax Planning: Today and Beyond	Robert Keys, Partner, International Assignment Solutions PricewaterhouseCoopers
Feb 17, 2009	Various Regional and US Tax Issues	David Sutherland, Managing Director, Morgan Stanley; Evan Blanco, Principal - International Tax Services, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
Jan 15, 2009	Various Regional and US Tax Issues	David Sutherland, Managing Director, Morgan Stanley; Evan Blanco, Principal - International Tax Services, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu