Agenda Day 2, March 14th, 2025: (see Agenda Day 1) (back to Event Summary)
(time zone used is Central European Time)
09.00 – Opening Session:
The Effect of Digitalization on a Compliant Tax Administration
Anders Hultkvist, Business Developer in VAT/SME, Swedish Tax Agency
09.30 – The Use of AI in the Indirect Tax Department: Key Learnings from AI Implementation
Jonathan Lacey, Director of International Tax Affairs, Microsoft
Oleh Fedusiv, Senior Manager EMEA Tax, Uber
10.10 - How to Standardize / Automate Tax Determination:
· Tax determination challenges in a global world with growing software and other electronically delivered products
· Case of deliveries of goods that create FE/PE situations
Raul Corral, Indirect Tax Leader EMEA, TE Connectivity
10.50 – Morning Coffee and Networking
11.20 – The Intersection between VAT 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
12.00 – Transforming the Indirect Tax Function: a Practical Interactive Discussion
· Fixing masterdata (fighting with garbage-in-garbage-out) and remapping tax
· Preparing systems/processes for automation (indirect tax is not alone)
· New tool and AI applications
· Structuring your indirect tax teams towards e-invoicing and digitalisation
Raul Corral, Indirect Tax Leader EMEA, TE Connectivity
12.40 - Tax Control Frameworks: Updating your Indirect Tax Governance, Risk Compliance Framework
· Setting up or optimising an Indirect Tax Risk Management Framework
· Incorporating the latest regulatory changes to your framework: ViDA, e-invoicing, customs, digital requirements
· Addressing digital innovation risks and opportunities: Chat GPT, machine learning, tax authorities deep Knowledge of your data, etc.
· The identification and quantification of these risks and opportunities to drive strategic decision-making
Samantha Matute, Global Indirect Tax & Tax Technology Lead, Unilever
13.20 – Lunch Break
14.20 – Case Study Journey towards Indirect Tax Compliance Centralisation
· Outsourcing/in-Sourcing the tax compliance function
· Local/near-shore/far-shore delivery
· Mapping compliance-related processes and managing handoffs between stakeholders
· Leveraging existing centres of excellence
· Sourcing appropriate talent and technology
· KPIs and performance management techniques that keep us ahead
Anissa Aridj, Head of Indirect Tax International, Equinor
Camilla Nedergaard Haas, Senior VAT Specialist, Dansk Commodities (part of Equinor)
15.00 - Current Cases from the EUCJ
· A current update on the latest European Union Court of Justice
· Recent cases:
· Intended reform of the EUCJ regarding VAT cases
Bernd Brinkamp, Head of Indirect Tax, Vodafone
15.40 - Centres of Excellence for Indirect Tax
· What is your split of responsibilities (between in-house and outsourcing) for process harmonization and cost efficiencies?
Lorraine O‘Flynn, Senior Manager, OUS Indirect Tax Compliance, Stryker
16.20 – Indirect/Direct Tax Data Gathering Automation and Validation
· Data gathering and quality methods
· Interaction of tax function with whole organization
· Working with data, data quality, data skillset, best practices , cleanliness
Karina Ozer, Tax Manager – Data & Technology Strategy, Booking.com
17.00 - Closing Remarks from the Chair and End of Forum