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Corporate Services Scrutiny Panel Zero/Ten Design Proposal Sub Panel
Minutes of 2nd meeting held on 8th June 2006 Blampied Room, States Building
Present Senator J Perchard, Chairman
Senator B Shenton
Deputy G Southern
Deputy P Ryan
Apologies
Absent
In attendance Mr M Haden, Scrutiny Officer
Miss S Power, Scrutiny Officer Mr B Curtis (Local expert adviser)
Ref Back | Agenda matter | Action |
1. | Minutes – The Sub Panel noted the minutes from the meeting held on 12th May 2006. |
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2. | Zero/Ten Design Proposal – The Sub Panel discussed the way forward for its review, based upon the key issues raised in the briefing paper prepared by Richard Teather. The Sub Panel identified a list of questions it wished to have addressed by both Richard Teather and the Treasury, before it progressed any further with its enquiries. The Sub Panel also agreed that it would like part of its research to include a comparison between the tax proposals in Guernsey; the Isle of Man, Gibraltar and Jersey to highlight the main differences between the proposals for the four jurisdictions. | SP RT |
3. | Submission from Mr P Turner The Panel considered this submission, and requested for the officer to ask Richard Teather to consider the questions raised in the letter regarding the risk of over regulation and excessive powers for the Comptroller of Income Tax. | SP |
4. | Public Hearings The Sub Panel agreed to cancel the public hearings it had provisionally arranged for the 27th/28th June, as it was agreed these dates would be premature given the consultation period would not have ended by this time. It was therefore agreed to hold public hearings on the following dates: Thursday 13th July 2006 Friday 21st July 2006 Friday 4th August 2006 (provisional) Friday 15th September 2006 The Sub Panel agreed to invite John Shenton (Ernst & Young) and John Riva (KPMG) to attend the public hearing on Thursday 13th July, to answer any technical queries raised by the Sub Panel concerning the design proposal. | SP |
5. | Future meetings |
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The Sub Panel agreed to arrange a future meeting schedule once Richard Teather and the Treasury had provided it with answers to the questions it had raised.
6. AOB
Item 3 Visit to Guernsey
12.05.06 The Sub Panel was informed that the States of Guernsey would be debating the future economic and taxation strategy on June
28th 2006. The Sub Panel agreed that as it had been informed SP that this debate could last for three days, it would be more
beneficial to request access to a transcript of the debate, and to SP arrange a meeting with both the Treasury Minister, and the
Scrutiny Panel in Guernsey to discuss their proposals early in July 2006.
Visit to Isle of Man
The Sub Panel agreed to defer this visit until it had received the comparison document from Richard Teather outlining the differences between the tax proposals in Guernsey; the Isle of Man, Gibraltar and Jersey.
Meetings with Treasury
The Sub Panel was informed that the Treasury and Resources Minister would be meeting the Chamber of Commerce on 13th SP
June 2006 to discuss the 0/10 Design Proposals. It was agreed
that the Treasury should be contacted to request for the Chairman
to attend this, and any subsequent meetings being held with stakeholders and interest groups.
Letter from Jersey Finance
The Sub Panel noted a letter from Mr D Wild, Technical Director, Jersey Finance, received on the 5th June 2006, in response to the
0/10 call for evidence. The Sub Panel was informed that the Chairman had spoken to Mr G Grime, Chairman of the Jersey Finance Fiscal Strategy Group, and that it would receive a copy of their submission as soon as possible.
Signed Date . ..
Chairman, Zero/Ten Design Proposal Sub Panel