The Government's taxation reform package Tax Reform: not a new tax, a new tax system foreshadowed a targeted consultation process to assist in determining the final GST design issues on various technical matters.
Mr David Vos, Partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers has been appointed to chair the Tax Consultative Committee to assist the Government in this consultation on the outstanding GST design issues.
He will be joined by Professor MrPeter Tannock, Vice Chancellor at the University of Notre Dame and Chairman of the National Catholic Education Commission and ProfessorDr Judith Whitworth, Chief Commonwealth Chief Medical Officer and Professor of Medicine, University of New South Wales at St George Hospital..
Brief biographies are attached.
The terms of reference for the Committee are attached.
The Committee is to report to the Government by 13 November so that the drafting of the legislation can be completed and introduced into the Parliament prior to Christmas.