Woodhams Relocation Centre would like to invite you or a
representative of your team to an Interactive ( and free) Seminar with
your peers.
Date and Time - Wednesday 28 October 2009: 7.45 am Registration and Breakfast 8.00 am to 9.30 am Workshop
Cost $ nil
Location: The Institute of Chartered Accountants: Level 1, 33 Erskine Street Sydney Reservations: Only 15 places are available, so reserve your place now! Agenda: 1. Tax and relocation
Seth Hertz – Senior
Manager, Human Capital, Ernst & Young - will discuss key tax
issues affecting international and domestic relocation, including
recent developments in FBT, Superannuation and Income Tax
2. Discussions on Selected Topics of Interest:
Visa update
An update on recent changes and their implications
International Cost of Living Comparisons
Review of alternative approaches for packages that include a COLA and those that do not.
Health Insurance for international assignees
What are the options and what are other organisations doing ?
Relocation budgets "101"
What are organisations doing to track and manage costs ? What are some of the pitfalls ?
International Trends in Mobility policy and practices
A review of what’s going on around the world, including how organisations have responded to the downturn.
Participants in these workshops include: Alstom,
Apple Australia, Baulderstone, BOC Group, Boral, Colgate Palmolive,
Commonwealth Bank, Goldman Sachs JB Were, HSBC Bank, ING Group,
Kimberly-Clark, Lagardere, Marsh, Merck Sharp & Dohme, QBE,
Resmed, Royal Bank of Scotland, Sanofi - Aventis, Tower Australia,
Westpac Banking Corporation.
Seth Hertz – Senior
Manager, Human Capital, Ernst & Young Seth has over 18 years experience in the US and Australia handling US
and Australian expatriate issues. Seth specialises in cross-border tax
planning for movements into and out of the US and Australia, as well as
tax equalisation policies and employee share plans for the US and Australia.
Other areas of specialisation include the US and Australian tax treatment of:
