Join Asia Legal Business as we bring together key industry experts to understand the impact the implemtation of GST in Malaysia will have on YOUR business. The event will go beyond the "what", and will focus instead on the "how" - providing all the information ytou need to prepare sucessfully for the implementation of GST on April 1st. The event will feature interactive Q&A sessions, case study-style sessions and implementation guidelines from key technology providers, renowned industry experts and representatives of the Royal Malaysian Customs Department, and will feature the following:
- An overview of the key principals, dates of implementation and scope of the Goods and Services Tax (GST)
- How to undertake a GAP analysis of your business and the impact GST will have on your company, and what investments or uipgrades are unavoidable
- What role does technology have in the introduction of GST – how this can help you isolate risks, minimise disruption and drive successful implementation for April 1st
- People and Processes – how to prepare all departments for GST
This event will be relevant for heads of the following groups:
Finance / Tax & Accounting / GST / Technology (especially infrastructure implementation) / IT*
*Limited passes are available for senior executives who deal with GST implementation in Malaysian-based companies. For more information on the event, please contact colin.carter@thomsonreuters.com or call Colin on +65 6318 4746
14th August, Royale Chulan Hotel, Kuala Lumpur
09:30 – 10:00
Registration and networking
10:00 - 10:05
Chair’s opening remarks
Robert Tsang, Partner - Value Added Tax, Deloitte
10:05 – 10:15
Overview: Principals and of Proposed Goods and Services Tax (GST)
- Introduction to the scope and impact of GST
Charlotte Rushton, Senior Vice President & Managing Director – Asia Pacific and EMEA, Thomson Reuters
10:15 – 11:00
Understanding GST: implementation, exemptions, investigations and penalties
- The role of the Royal Malaysian Customs Department in GST
- Key dates and phases of implementation
- Overall scope of GST and applicable exemptions in Malaysia
- What are the penalties for non-compliance?
- Dealing with GST investigations – what should you be concerned with?
11:00 – 11:30
Morning networking break
11:30 – 12:15
How to implement GST into your business – practicalities of your approach
- GAP analysis techniques, and why this approach is vital to your business
- How will GST affect your tax codes?
- What changes will GST mean for your dealings with clients?
- Does the shift from a Sales and Service Tax to GST affect your pricing?
- Intercompany charges – what falls within / outside of GST’s scope?
Robert Tsang, Partner - Value Added Tax, Deloitte
12:15 – 13:30
Lunch break
13:30 – 14:25
Managing GST with Tax Technology
- Indirect Tax in Multinational Companies
- Benefits of Indirect Tax Automation
- Regional Lessons Learned on GST
- ONESOURCE Indirect Tax Live Demo (provided by Louis Tjendra, Senior Client Services Analyst, Thomson Reuters)
Charlotte Rushton, Senior Vice President & Managing Director – Asia Pacific and EMEA, Thomson Reuters
14:25 – 15:20
GST Systems Compliance
- GST systems Enhancement : GST Tax Codes Configuration or System Implementation?
- Accounting software requirements as a result of GST
- GST: system implementation roadmap and timeline
- Challenges in system GST enhancement
Jean Hong Khor, Senior Manager, Deloitte Consulting SEA
15:20 – 15:45
Afternoon networking break
15:45 – 16:30
A Proven, Predictable and Reliable Approach for addressing GST challenges
- GST: Preparing for ongoing change
- Challenges with change for Tax, Finance and IT
- Absorbing change with end-to-end automation technology
JaeSon Kim, Vice President, Asia – Indirect Tax Services, Thomson Reuters
16:30 – 17:15
Interactive Q&A discussion – Overcoming key issues
Our expert speaker faculty will discuss the key challenges which GST will bring forward – from the general understanding of GST and qualifying the risks this offers your business through to how all aspects of Malaysian businesses – IT, Finance, Operations and Legal and beyond - can deal with the issues GST’s introduction causes.
This session will be an interactive discussion, and will offer participants the opportunity to ask specific questions of our speakers in a closed door forum
17:15 – 17:20
Chair’s closing remarks and conference closes
The speaker faculty for this masterclass is listed below:
 | Robert Tsang, Partner - Value Added Tax, Deloitte LLP Robert heads Deloitte’s Asia Pacific and Southeast Asia Indirect Tax Teams. He previously ran the Andersen and then the Deloitte US International VAT Teams, and has spent the last 5 years in Asia Pacific in his current role. He has had experience of serving local, regional and global clients in relation to the Indirect Tax aspects of businesses around the world, and draws specifically on work he has done in Asia (particularly in Southeast Asia and India), in Greater China (including Hong Kong), in the US/Canada and in the European Union (from a base in the United Kingdom).
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 | Jean Hong Khor, Senior Manager, Deloitte Consulting SEA Jean Hong is a Senior Manager of Deloitte Consulting South East Asia practice, specializing in Enterprise Applications specifically in ERP-SAP. Jean Hong graduated in Bachelor of Business, Major in Accounting from Curtin University of Technology, Western Australia. He is a registered Chartered Accountant with the Malaysian Institute Of Accountant (MIA). He has deep Project Management experience in ERP implementation and Support.
He has over 20 years of industry and consulting experiences and more than 12 years of project management experience managing successful projects across Asia countries and various industries including Manufacturing, Automotive, Real Estate, Telco, Construction, Aviation, Banking and Consumer Products etc. |
 | JaeSon Kim, VP, Tax & Accounting GGO ANA Mr. Kim JaeSon is Vice President, Asia for the Tax & Accounting business of Thomson Reuters. He is responsible for leading the business in providing technology and integrated information solutions to tax and finance professionals in accounting and law firms, corporations and governments. Prior to his appointment in Asia, JaeSon successfully led the professional services team for the Tax & Accounting’s ONESOURCE Indirect Tax business for six years, managing global consulting operations with teams in US, UK and India. He started his career as a software engineer at Oracle and went on to successfully build out professional services organisations at three enterprise software start-up companies in Silicon Valley prior to joining Thomson Reuters. JaeSon graduated Magna Cum Laude from Brown University with B.A. in Applied Mathematics / Economics and received M.S. from Stanford University in Computer Science. |
 | Charlotte Rushton, Senior Vice President & Managing Director - Asia Pacific and EMEA, Thomson Reuters Charlotte Rushton is Senior Vice President and Managing Director, Asia Pacific and EMEA, for the Tax & Accounting business of Thomson Reuters. Ms. Rushton leads the Tax & Accounting business operations that serve corporations and accounting firms across the Asia Pacific and EMEA regions, including Australia and New Zealand (ANZ). In 2010, Ms. Rushton opened the Tax & Accounting business's regional office in Singapore, where she led the team that launched ONESOURCE corporate tax solutions in China, Korea and Taiwan and ONESOURCE global solutions, including indirect tax, in ANZ and across Asia. She moved to London in August to take on her expanded role leading operations for both EMEA and Asia Pacific. Ms. Rushton, a member of the Tax & Accounting operating committee and executive leadership team, previously served as Senior Vice President, Global Consulting, for the business. In that role, she was integral to the development of global strategy and expansion plans and led strategy and organizational development across multiple business units, including Research and Guidance, Global Tax Technology and Governance Risk and Compliance (GRC). Prior to joining Thomson Reuters, she was a partner and leader of the business strategy capability for Computer Sciences Corporation based in New York. Ms. Rushton was responsible for business development and project leadership for business and IT strategy and planning for Fortune 500 and start-up clients. She holds a Master’s degree in engineering from the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom.
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 | Louis Tjendra, Senior Client Services Analyst, Thomson Reuters Tax & Accounting Louis is a Senior Client Services Analyst for Thomson Reuters Tax Accounting, based in Singapore. He has assisted in the product development and implementation of Thomson Reuters enterprise solutions for Big 4 firms and multi-national companies in Singapore, Korea, China, Hong Kong and Malaysia. Louis also provides support for global customers using Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE solutions. Louis holds a bachelor's degree In Computing from the National University of Singapore. Louis speaks English, Chinese and Bahasa Indonesia and is working towards his Association of Chartered Certified Accountants qualification |
For more information, please contact Colin Carter - colin.carter@thomsonreuters.com or call Colin on +65 6318 4746
Passes are only available - on a complimentary basis - for companies who deal with GST implentation in Malaysia.
Limited passes are available and Thomson Reuters / Asian Legal Business will contact registrants to confirm if they have been successful in their registration.
