RE: [ciq] FW: Invitation: OASIS TaxXML TC, Sydney 2005

["Ram Kumar" <RKumar@msi.com.au>]

John and Michael,

Thank you for your detailed email. I will get back to you
on this ASAP.

Regards,

Ram 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: john.glaubitz@vertexinc.com 
> [mailto:john.glaubitz@vertexinc.com] 
> Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 1:00 AM
> To: Ram Kumar
> Cc: ciq@lists.oasis-open.org
> Subject: Re: [ciq] FW: Invitation: OASIS TaxXML TC, Sydney 2005
> 
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> 
> Ram,
> 
> I'm very glad to hear that you'll be attending the TaxXML TC 
> face-to-face meeting in Sydney.  I assume you've seen the 
> agenda that Christine forwarded that includes a session 
> planned for the afternoon on Feb. 2 for one hour and fifteen 
> minutes for CIQ.  It's currently titled "Identification of 
> taxable persons and companies. A discussion with Ram Kumar, 
> chair of OASIS CIQ TC"  Once we plan the discussion, we can 
> determine whether this is an appropriate title.
> 
> I believe you've likely read some of the documents that have 
> been prepared by the TC, but for some brief background, the 
> committee has been working on a number of projects over the 
> past year, each with some implication for CIQ.
> 
> First of all there's what the committee terms a "Position 
> Paper" that discusses some existing standards including CIQ.  
> Under recommendation, the paper states "Recommend that CIQ be 
> monitored, as it could provide the foundation for customer 
> identity information, to be used in conjunction with other 
> standards under review".  For future activities the document
> includes:  Monitor the progress of CIQ; Assess if CIQ has 
> matured enough for the efficient and effective development of 
> tax documents; and Work on proof of concept to determine 
> usefulness of CIQ within the tax context.
> 
> Then there are two work projects that are underway.  The 
> first is what we've termed a pilot project to allow the TC to 
> go through a specification development effort on a relatively 
> simple tax area with limited scope.
> This is the Certificate of Residence project which has 
> implications for managing potential double taxation between 
> Tax treaty countries.  One of the side pieces of work out of 
> this project was to address "Taxpayer Identification" in 
> general.  This has an obvious requirement for the type of 
> information supported by CIQ as well as the Certificate and 
> Application for Certificate that are the documents that are 
> to be specified.  Michael has used CIQ as a test case for this effort.
> 
> The other project involves Indirect Tax.  This effort is to 
> develop a reference model for the tax information 
> requirements for standard business documents such as Purchase 
> Orders and Invoices that would raise a need to determine 
> indirect taxes.  This reference model will be used to 
> determine whether existing standards adequately address the 
> tax information requirements so that recommendations can be 
> made as necessary.  While this analysis most directly affects 
> standards such as UBL, there are certainly requirements for 
> CIQ information.
> 
> Given this as the state of TaxXML as it relates to CIQ, here 
> are the thoughts Michael and I have come up with on what we 
> might like to present to facilitate the discussion:
> 
> - Brief intro to CIQ
> - What separates CIQ from other "Party" standards (examples of others)
> - How has CIQ been accepted and adopted.  What issues have 
> been raised.
> How is CIQ dealing with these issues.  What are the plans for 
> version 3.
> - How does CIQ apply to the work of TaxXML
>         Active projects; CoR and Indirect Tax
>         Taxpayer identification
>         Show example schemas using the above projects and 
> simple tax filing
> - Discuss Expectations for CIQ in TaxXML
>         Endorse in position paper
>         Use as reference in specifications
>         Use in construction of reference schemas
> 
> Please get back to us with any thoughts on this
> 
> Kind Regards,
> 
> John and Michael
> 
> 
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> Michael and John,
> 
> We need to plan about the discussion session between CIQ and 
> TaxXML at this event in Sydney. Any suggestions, ideas, etc 
> are welcome.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Ram
> 
> From: Beasley, Christine [mailto:Christine.Beasley@ato.gov.au]
> Sent: Friday, November 26, 2004 9:48 AM
> To: Ram Kumar
> Subject: FW: Invitation: OASIS TaxXML TC, Sydney 2005
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> Dear Ram Kumar,
> 
> 
> Please find attached an invitation and draft agenda for the 
> next OASIS TaxXML TC conference in Sydney, 2005.
> 
> 
> If you require any assistance, please don't hesitate to contact me.
> <<OASIS Invitation (3).doc>> <<programme for the Tax- xml ftf 
> february 2005 v3.doc>> Regards Christine
> 
> 
> Christine Beasley
> Australian Taxation Office
> ' +61 2 9374 8466
> È +61 401 717 807
> ? christine.beasley@ato.gov.au
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