Agenda Day 2, May 18th, 2021: (see Agenda Day 1) (back to Event Summary)
09.00 – Opening Remarks from the Chair: Suzanne den Breems, Principal and Practice Leader, Ryan
09.15 – Tax Authority Digitalization Roadmap
Understanding data analysis and reconciling performed by tax authorities (this session is free to attend)
Ksenija Cipek, Dame of Honour, Head of Tax Risk Analysis, Ministry of Finance Republic of Croatia
10.00 – Digital Transformation is Key - Why VAT Returns Become Obsolete
(this session is free to attend)
Anita Richter, Vice President Tax Technology Innovation, eClear AG
10.45 – The Greenification of the Tax System & the Green Recovery
• High-level overview of the direction of the OECD and EU
• Case-study on some concrete EU proposals (Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism and the Energy Tax Directive)
• Case-study on the UK Plastic Packaging Tax (Compliance requirements and impact on the invoicing
Werner Engelen, Head of Policy and Controversy, LEGO
11.30 – Virtual Coffee and Networking
• Private Smaller Meetings at Virtual Roundtables
• Meetings with Event Partners at their Virtual Tables
• 1-to-1 meetings
12.00 – Acquiring, Training and Retaining Tax Technology Skills
• Develop Tax Technology Skillsets instead of Relying on IT
• What is the role of a Tax Technologist?
• Garbage In, Garbage Out: Getting on top of ERP data
• Defining a standard set of transaction scenarios
• Getting in control of your transactional data
• How to understand tax engines
Jason Alber, Senior Business Systems Analyst, Poly
12.45 – An In-House VAT Shared Service Centre vs. VAT Outsourced to a 3rd Party
Phoebe Yiu, Director, Global Indirect Tax, S&P Global
13.30 – Lunch Break
14.15 – Robotics and Tax Automation:
A Live Demonstration of an RPA Solution Implementation for VAT Compliance Processes
Ioan Sabau, Manager Global Indirect Tax & EMEA Tax, Goodyear Dunlop Tires
15.00 – Managing a Global Rebate Framework
• Common cross-border headaches
• Headquarter rebates outside the supply-chain
Christo Batchvarov, Head of Indirect Tax, Boehringer Ingelheim
15.45 – Virtual Coffee and Networking
• Private Smaller Meetings at Virtual Roundtables
• Meetings with Event Partners at their Virtual Tables
• 1-to-1 meetings
16.00 – Managing VAT Changes in the Gulf States
• The recent VAT hike in Saudi Arabia
• VAT implementation in the Gulf states that have implemented VAT (Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain)
• Our corporate experience of reporting VAT in Gulf States
Alina David, Global Indirect Tax Manager, Pearson
16.45 - Indirect Tax Challenges with Supply Chain Changes (with Fixed Establishments)
Ingeborg Molenaar, EMEA Indirect Tax Lead, Cargill
17.25 - Closing Remarks from the Chair and End of Forum