Diana Maitland is a Partner in the Wellington tax practice of Deloitte and leads the Deloitte National Transfer Pricing Group in New Zealand. Diana has more than 20 years of tax experience. Having chosen to specialize in transfer pricing at the inception of the New Zealand transfer pricing regime in 1996, most of those years have been dedicated solely to transfer pricing. Prior to this, Diana worked in general income tax in New Zealand and spent over two years with the international tax group in the London office. Diana has advised a large number of multinational clients on transfer pricing matters in a variety of industries. In particular, Diana has assisted companies in the banking, insurance, services, importation/distribution, utilities, retail, and manufacturing industries. Diana has successfully negotiated a number of Advance Pricing Agreements (both bilateral and unilateral) and has also assisted many clients in successfully defending their transfer pricing position in the face of Inland Revenue review or audit.
Education:
Bachelor of Commerce and Administration, Accountancy, Victoria University of Wellington (1989)
Wellington Girls' College (1986)
Bloomberg BNA Tax Management Portfolios:
6892 T.M., Income Tax Treaties: Competent Authority Functions and Procedures of Selected Countries (L-N) (co-author)