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