VAT in the Digital Age

DG TAXUD organiseert op 6 december 2019 een evenement over “VAT in the Digital Age" in Brussel.

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6 December 2019 - European Commission, Breydel Building, Brussels

08:30 - 09:30

Registration and Welcome Coffee

09:30 - 09:45

Opening of the conference

Stephen Quest, Director General, DG Taxation and Customs Union, European Commission.

09:45 - 10:10

Technology and Taxation

Scene setter speech by Mike Bracken, the Lisbon Council, a think tank for the 21st century.

10:10 - 11:10

Session 1: Blockchain and VAT

Moderator: Maria Teresa Fabregas Fernandez, Director, DG Taxation and Customs Union, European Commission

Keynote speakers:

• Prof. mr. dr. Madeleine Merkx, Erasmus University of Rotterdam;
• Brigitte Bijl, Ministry of Finance, Netherlands and Sascha Jafari, Summitto;
• Aleksandra Bal, Vertex.

11:10 - 11:35

Coffee break

11:35 - 12:15

Session 1: Panel discussion
After a short statement by each member of the panel, the floor is open for a discussion with all participants

Panellists:

• Prof. mr. dr. Madeleine Merkx;
• Brigitte Bijl, Ministry of Finance, Netherlands;
• Sascha Jafari, Summitto;
• Aleksandra Bal, Vertex;
• Kristian Koktvedgaard, chair of the VAT Policy Group at BusinessEurope.

12.15 – 12:55

Session 2: Digitalisation and VAT reporting
Moderator: Maria Elena Scoppio, Head of Unit, DG Taxation and Customs Union, European Commission

Keynote speakers :

• Maksim Baranov, Tax and Customs board, Estonia;
• Francisco Fernández Monge, Permanent Representation of Spain to the EU;

12:55 - 14:10

Buffet lunch

14.10 – 14.50

Session 2: Keynote speeches (continued)
- Fabio Annunziata, Ministry of Finance, Italy;
- Alfredo Espada, EMEIA Associate Director on Indirect Tax and Tax Technology, AstraZeneca.

14:50 – 15:30

Panel discussion
After a short statement by each member of the panel, the floor is open for a discussion with all participants

Panellists:

• Maksim Baranov, Tax and Customs board, Estonia;
• Francisco Fernández Monge, Permanent Representation of Spain to the EU;
• Fabio Annunziata, Ministry of Finance, Italy;
• Alfredo Espada, EMEIA Associate Director on Indirect Tax and Tax Technology, AstraZeneca;
• A representative from BusinessEurope.

15:30 – 15:55

Coffee break

15.55 – 16:55

Session 3: Developing a risk analysis capacity at EU level
Moderator: Caroline Edery, Head of Unit, DG Taxation and Customs Union, European Commission

Keynote speakers :

• Professor Dr. Peter Fettke, German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence;
• Caroline Edery, Head of Unit, DG Taxation and Customs Union;
• Raita Melasniemi, Finnish Tax Administration.

16.55 – 17.15

Session 3: Open discussion with all participants

17:15 – 17:30Closing Session