Catch the Replay of this Highly Practical and Insightful 70 Minute Roundtable

The EU E-Commerce VAT package that came into force on July 1 2021 saw sweeping changes to the VAT treatment of B2C trade across the EU. While the industry is grappling to interpret the new legal principles and associated compliance mechanisms, have businesses in the B2C ecosystem really grasped the practical and operational implications of these changes? And how have they impacted organizations?

In this free webinar replay, our expert presenters will cut through the complexity and uncertainty surrounding the legislative changes. They'll provide clear, crisp and simple illustrative examples to guide and offer you practical and operational steps to avoid business disruption and remain compliant. Hear from organizations the steps they have taken, their approach moving forward and lessons learnt.

• Why is change required to B2C ecommerce

• Overview of the scheme including OSS (One Stop Shop) and IOSS (Import One Stop Shop)

• Leveraging technology to comply with the VAT regulations

• Practical steps for compliance and lessons learnt to date

Event Panelists

Ludwig De Winter is responsible for the VAT e-Commerce package, derogation requests, optional reverse charge mechanisms and VAT obligations. As deputy HoU he follows all other files within the competence of the unit, including relationswith the customs colleagues. Before joining the Commission he had worked as a tax inspector with the Belgian Ministry of Finance and when he joined the Commission 25 years ago, he was active in the anti-dumping policy (1996-1997).

Aleksandra Bal is an Indirect Tax Technology & Operations Lead at Stripe. She has over 10 years' experience designing and developing tax technology solutions. She holds a PhD, MBA, LLM and several other academic titles.

Gorka Echevarria, the Global VAT Lead at Lexmark, is based in Geneva, Switzerland. He was previously the EMEA VAT Manager at DXC Technology and prior to that the Global Supply Tax manager at Hewlett Packard Enterprise. He has been TEI´s EMEA Indirect Tax Committee chair for the period 2017- 2018. He is a member of the Editorial Board of the International VAT Monitor.

Nicoletta has 15 year's experience in taxation. During the last years she has been handling strategic projects aimed to VAT optimization including customs procedures or managing e-commerce business set up. She used to be the key person for the IT department in order to improve and keep in control the ERP system with regard to VAT and Customs rules implementation.

Gunjan is an experienced Chartered Tax Advisor, specialising in European VAT. Gunjan started her career with EY’s tax advisory team. Since then, she has led VAT compliance and advisory team for an FMCG’s European Shared Service Centre. Gunjan has also managed global Indirect Taxes for a major media & sports company. Gunjan helps shape the value proposition for ONESOURCE Indirect Tax solutions in the European markets

Tiina Ruohola works as the Senior Adviser at the Confederation of Finnish Industries. Tiina is an active member of Business Europe’s VAT group and a Member of the VAT Expert Group and the EU VAT Forum. Before joining the Confederation, Tiina has worked at the Finnish Tax Administration as well as two Big4 firms.

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