Program

9^th Edition, February 10, 2011

Howard Johnson Grand Plaza, Platinum Hall

Program:

08:30 Registration
09:00 – 10:30 1st SESSION  – Tax lessons from 2010 and perspectives for 2011.

• Romania in the EU in 2010. Perspectives and challenges for 2011.
• The regional status from a fiscal point of view. Proposed legislative changes in 2011.
• Redefining the Financial Guard’s role.The objectives of the fiscal control in 2011.
• The new assets control law. Measures taken in 2010 that will influence 2011.
• The new public-private partnership law. Norms for applying the PPP law in an European context.
• Domestic tax legislation vs. EU tax law directives

Panelists:

	Andreea PAUL-VASS Personal adviser to the Prime Minister		Arpad Csaba LADANYI General Commissioner, Financial Guard
	Peter De RUITER Partner Tax & Legal Services, Pwc Romania		Alexandru RUSU Partner, bpv GRIGORESCU
	Blair LaBarge Economic Counsellor, United States Embassy		Delia DRAGOMIR Managing Counsel, Salans
	Marius STANCESCU (Moderator) Founder President, Riff Holding International

10:30 – 10:45 Coffee break
10.45 – 12:00 2nd SESSION – Business and Lobbying. How are companies present in Romania approaching lobbying opportunities? What are the available options?          

• Lobbying & Public Affairs. How can companies benefit from either?
• State Aid – a viable financing alternative.
• Is there a need for the regulation of the lobbying act?
• Which industries stand out with their public affairs activities? What can be learned from them? What can be applied to other sectors?

Panelists:

	Iulian SORESCU Associated Partner, Head of Financial Department, Noerr Finance and Tax		Guy BURROW Partner, Candole Partners
	Gelu VISAN Deputy in the Romanian Parliament		Rudolf LUKAVSKY Commercial Counsellor Austrian Embassy to Bucharest
	Roberto MUSNECI Senior Partner Serban & Musneci Associates		Anca HARASIM Executive Director Amcham Romania
	Adrian MORARU (Moderator) Deputy Director Institute for Public Policy

 12:00 – 12:45 Lunch break

12.45 – 14:30 3rd SESSION Overview of the legislative and fiscal changes in 2010

• Recent amendments to the corporate income tax regime for Romanian taxpayers; 2 fiscal years in one financial year.
• Fiscal controls. Changes in 2010 in the Fiscal Procedural Code.
• Dependent vs. independent activity – How to deal with these concepts after the social security and health care contributions have been partially included in the Tax Code
• Transfer pricing audits – the 2010 experience.
• Labor taxation and its changes over the past years. Integrating provisions for social contributions into the fiscal code.
• Proposed changes to the labor code and reforms to eliminate the negative effects of the crisis.

Panelists:

	Adrian LUCA Director, Transfer Pricing Services		Dan SCHWARTZ Managing Partner, Scot & Company Romania
	Dragos DOROS Partner, NNDKP Tax Advisory Services		Cristian RADULESCU Partner, Taxhouse
	Marius STANCESCU (Moderator) Founder President, Riff Holding International		Emilian BANCILA Managing Associate D&B David si Baias

14.30 – 15:30 – WORKSHOPS SESSION – Open Topics

Workshop organized by:

Nevada Hall -Transfer Pricing; Tax audits

Speakers:

Delia DRAGOMIR, Managing Counsel, Salans

Adrian LUCA, Director, Transfer Pricing Services

Workshop organized by:

Oregon – The new public-private partnership law. Norms for applying the PPP law in an European context 

Speakers:

Marius STANCESCU, Founder President, Riff Holding International

Narcis NEAGA, PPP Specialist, Riff Holding International

Alexandru NAZARE, Secretary of State, Ministry of Transports