Agenda Day 1, May 17th, 2021: (see Agenda Day 2) (back to Event Summary)
(time zone used is Central European Time)
09.00 - Opening Remarks from the Chair: Jun Miyake, Principal Tax Technology, Ryan
09.15 – VAT E-Commerce and the VAT Elements of the EU Tax Action Plan
Ludwig de Winter, Deputy Head of Unit DG Taxation and Customs Union, European Commission
10.00 – Indirect Tax – Driving Transformation
Andrew Burman, Principal Tax Technology, Ryan
10.45 – Let’s Cut to the Chase: A Sensible Approach to Tax in the Digital Era and what that Looks Like
• Why TaxTech is not good enough, cheap enough, or quick enough to implement
• The TaxTech Adoption Lifecycle – A telling story told 1000 times
• Home-truth Foundations for a Digital Shift – Changing the way it goes
• Walking the Walk – “Yes, we’ve been there, done that!”
Geoff Peck, Founder and Chief Taxologist, PawPaw Taxology & Lide Mendibil, International VAT Manager, Ritchie Bros
11.30 – Virtual Coffee and Networking
Sponsored by: SNI Technology
• Private Smaller Meetings at Virtual Roundtables
• Meetings with Event Partners at their Virtual Tables
• 1-to-1 meetings
12.00 – VAT Challenges in Digital Platforms and the Sharing Economy
• From the MOSS to the eCommerce Directive
• Data sharing rules for payment service providers, in particular relating to online cross border transactions (EU and member state approaches)
• Additional ways VAT collection may occur in the sharing/gig economy (OECD publications and corporate perspective)
Marcos Alvarez Suso, Deputy General Director Legal Management, Inspection Department, Spanish Tax Authority
12.45 – Utilising Technology to Keep up with the Ever-Changing Indirect Tax Landscape
Gunjan Tripathi, Senior Proposition Manager - Indirect Tax, Europe, Thomson Reuters
Mandeep Lall, Indirect Tax Solutions Consultant, Thomson Reuters
13.30 – Lunch Break: Sponsored by: Taxually
14.30 – VAT & Sales Tax Obligations for Online Marketplaces & Stores
· Global landscape - The shift of obligations from the marketplace seller to the marketplace operator
· July 1st Changes - Could you be the deemed supplier?
· Marketplace VAT Compliance Journey & Considerations
Rick Verma, Marketplace Lead, EMEA, Avalara
15.15 – VAT Managers and indirect tax teams have enormous accountability spanning across the global organization and often VAT processes fall by the wayside. This leads to VAT managers being left exposed to risk. VAT technology can help VAT managers to regain control. Join our webinar to learn more about how VAT departments can improve control and visibility of indirect tax across the organization and how to prepare your department for the rise in real-time reporting requirements, changes in e-commerce, and more
In this session, we will discuss:
How tax automation can help improve overall compliance
The value of using tax automation tools such as a tax engine
How automating your VAT processes can enhance processes across various departments across the organisation
Peter Boerhof, VAT Director, Vertex
16.00 – Getting in Control of Data, Business Processes and Transaction Flows
Samantha Matute, VP Head of Operational & Indirect Taxes, GSK
16.45 – Virtual Coffee and Networking
• Private Smaller Meetings at Virtual Roundtables
• Meetings with Event Partners at their Virtual Tables
• 1-to-1 meetings
17.15 - VAT Compliance Transformation: From SSC to Co-Sourcing
• Planning is key
Scope, entities, timeline
Transition process
• Lift & shift versus direct improvement
• Lessons learned
Stefanie Dreher, Head of VAT EMEA, UPS
18.00 - How Cisco is Dealing with the Increasing Digitization Requirements Across the World
• Cisco’s Tax Filing Strategy – from outsourced to in-house
• Cisco’s Tax Digitization Roadmap
• E-Invoicing Strategy
• E-Filing Strategy
Lisette Kuys, Indirect Tax Program Manager, Cisco and Sybille Ruinet, International Tax Compliance Manager, Cisco
Closing Remarks from the Chair and End of Day 1