Agenda Day 2, March 14th, 2025:   (see Agenda Day 1)     (back to Event Summary)

(time zone used is Central European Time)

09.00 –The Effect of Digitalisation on a Compliant Tax Administration - The Impact of ViDA and How to Achieve Uniformity in e-Invoicing and Reporting

 

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 - panel: Transforming the Indirect Tax Function: a Practical Interactive Discussion

·         Tax determination challenges in a global world with growing software and other electronically delivered products

·        Fixing masterdata (fighting with garbage-in-garbage-out) and remapping tax

·        Preparing systems/processes for automation (indirect tax is not alone)

·        Structuring your indirect tax teams towards e-invoicing and digitalisation

Raul Corral, Indirect Tax Leader EMEA, TE Connectivity

Jonathan Vansittart, Global Process Owner Indirect Tax, DNV

Nicoletta Petrosino, Global Indirect Tax Counsel, Nestle

Lisa Dowling, Chief Tax & Compliance Officer, Taxback International

 

10.50 – Morning Coffee and Networking

 

11.20 – Centralising VAT Compliance through Managed Services

The shift towards real-time data submission to tax authorities, its implications for businesses, and how to leverage technology to meet these demands efficiently

Alex Baulf,  VP E-Invoicing, Avalara

 

12.00 - How to Standardize / Automate Tax Determination

·        Understanding the current challenges and complexities in a global world: ITX and Supply Chain

·        Getting the best from your own system

·        Standardize and automate your ITX controls: strengthen your compliance

Raul Corral, Indirect Tax Leader EMEA, TE Connectivity

 

12.40 – 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)

 

13.20 – Lunch Break

 

14.20 –  The Human Challenge in Indirect Tax: Skills, Change and Agility

·        Training and retaining people with the right skills

·        Embedding change management in the skillsets of tax teams, and helping them to be change agents

·        How tax managers can get plugged into the knowledge and fast pace of regulatory and technological change

·        Transforming people’s roles in ITX

·        Talent development and retention

Diana Ellenberg, Global Indirect Tax, Clariant

 

15.00 – 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

 

15.40 – Incoterms and VAT / Customs

·        Implications from VAT & Customs perspective

·        Risks and considerations from VAT and Customs perspective

Indrajit Ghose, Director – Global Indirect Tax, Wella

16.20- Closing Remarks from the Chair and End of Forum

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