Agenda Day 1, March 13th, 2025:   (see Agenda Day 2)     (back to Event Summary)

(time zone used is Central European Time)

08.30 – Registration and Coffee

09.00 – Opening Remarks from the Chair

Suzanne den Breems, Principal, Practice Leader, VAT Consulting and Recovery, Ryan

09.10 – Keynote Presentation

e-Billing and Real Time VAT Reporting

Usage of e-invoicing and the Peppol 5-Corner Model for Continuous Transaction Controls

Gerard Soisson, Coordinator for Programmes, Ministry for Digitalisation, Luxembourg

09.50 - Managing ESG in Indirect Taxes

·         Responsible tax and increased tax transparency

·         Tax’s role in a sustainable supply chain

·         Publishing a comprehensive report that shows a responsible approach to tax:

·         Paying a fair amount of tax (visually presenting the taxes incurred) including indirect taxes

·         Engaging with stakeholders (to demonstrate transparency)

·         Managing tax risks and compliance challenges

Miodrag Antonijevic, Senior Indirect Tax Manager Switzerland, Swiss Re

10.30 – The Convergence of Digital Controls & Business Processes

·        In the digital world, compliance is moving upstream, becoming the highest C-level priority

·        The importance of understanding and embracing impacts of indirect tax, e-invoicing, CTC, ESG, country-party risk, etc. compliance on already established business processes, such as AR and AP automation, global trade and overall supply chain

·        The rising influence of the tax department to drive business growth

Nazar Paradivskyy, Director of Regulatory Affairs, Thomson Reuters

Hertz Casseus, Senior Regulatory Associate, Thomson Reuters

11.10 – Morning Coffee and Networking

11.40 – Intersection between VAT, TP and Customs

·        Customs value and royalty payments: inclusion in the dutiable basis, assessment from a pure VAT & Customs perspective

·        Transfer Pricing corrections: invoicing and reporting

Aline Berbari, Manager, International Tax, Joseph Ribkoff

12.10 – The Computacenter VAT Determination Journey Exploration of the Market

·        Buidling a Business Case for a Solution

·        Go-Live during Covid

·        After Go-Live Support

·        S/4 HANA Migration

Frank Zimmermann, Tax Manager Europe, Computacenter

12.50 - VAT Compliance and E-invoicing: One Software

·        API Data Extraction

·        Automated Vs manual data cleansing

·        Re-using data in your VAT return

·        Reconciliations and next steps

Pedro Pestana da Silva, CEO, Marosa

13.30 – Lunch Break

14.30 – Sponsor Session

15.10 – Industry Adoption of e-Invoices and e-Reporting Challenges

·        Dealing with Tax Authorities having a Better View of your Company’s Data via e-Reporting and e-Invoicing than your own Tax Function

·        IT infrastructure of the tax authorities

·        Solution assessments ( New tool, AI applications and empowering enterprises current ERP systems)

·        e-invoicing for Intercompany invoices

·        Progress of experiences with implementing e-invoicing

·        Structuring your indirect tax teams towards e-invoicing

Daniela Schroeder, Global Business Process Owner,  Tax Technology & Projects, Henkel

Hazel Ang, International Tax Manager, Tax Technology Team, Henkel

Marisa Verburgh, Indirect Tax Manager, Unilever

Anna Norden, Principal, Regulatory, Sovos

15.50 – Using AI in a Corporate (Tax) Environment – Trends & Possibilities

·        Current status of AI

·        Practical examples of usage in your day-to-day work

·        AI and contracting

Remco Dewaerheijt, VP Tax Operations, Blue dot

16.30 - Afternoon Coffee and Networking

17.00 – Enhancing Tax Compliance and Efficiency in SAP S/4HANA: Innovations in Automation, Reporting, and Management

·        Automated Material Tax Classification

·        Centralized Tax Code Database

·        Document Compliance Reporting (DCR)

·        Use of Advanced Compliance Reporting (ACR)

·        Enhanced Reporting Tools

Helena Crombez,Global Product Owner Indirect Tax, BASF

Shravan Sampath, Senior Lead VAT Reporting, Zalando

Roger Lindelauf, Director, SAP CoE – Europe, Vertex

17.40 – How to Deploy a Tax Engine: a Corporate Perspective

·        This session is an unbiased and frank presentation on a multinational enterprises journey towards implementing a tax engine:  What led to the decision, what where the struggles in the deployment, and what are the lessons learned going forward

Juergen Wendel, FSSC Global Transaction Tax Process and Design Owner, HP

Gorka Echevarria, Global VAT Leader, Lexmark

Keiko Iwakawa, Global Indirect Tax Practice Lead, Hitachi Energy

18.20 - Closing Remarks from the Chair and End of Day 1

Drinks Reception, 19.20 - 3-Course Dinner

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