A Working Paper based on her research into the out-of-pocket expenses of volunteers is to be presented to Revenue Minister Peter Dunne by Letisha Tan, an accounting Honours student in the School of Accounting and Commercial Law. This will take place at an International Volunteer Day Business Links seminar hosted by the Centre for Accounting, Governance and Taxation Research at Victoria University.

Minister Dunne will open the seminar and it will feature a panel discussion on "Should Charities Be Given Tax Incentives". The panel speakers will be Frank Claridge, a Charities Commission Board member, Aylton Jamieson, a chartered accountant and member of the Wellington District Law Society and David McLay, a barrister specializing in tax, trust and charity law.

An executive summary of Letisha Tan's report is available through the following link http://www.volunteeringnz.org.nz/files/survey/vuw_survey_summary.pdf