Conference
11 October 2011 (09:00 - 16:00)
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View on Google MapsRepresentatives from businesses, tax administrations, legislators and policy makers from all over Europe discussed tax policy and practice on the FEE Tax Day 2011. More than 200 stakeholders from over 30 countries registered for the conference. Algirdas Šemeta, EU Commissioner, Taxation and Customs Union, Audit and Fraud European and Didier Reynders, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Finance and Institutional Reforms, Belgium delivered outstanding keynote speeches.
Related files:
1. Programme
2. Speaker list
3. Speech of Carmine Rotondaro
4. Speech of Prof. Dr. Frans Vanistendael
5. Speech of Eduard Rosianu
6. Speech of Theo Keijzer
7. Speech of Prof. Dr. Claus Staringer
8. VAT Session Opening and Closing Key Messages
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00:00 - 01:04
Olivier Boutellis-Taft, FEE CEO
00:00 - 00:00
Member States’ tax policy in difficult times
Didier Reynders, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Finance and Institutional
Reforms, Belgium
00:00 - 00:00
What issues for taxation of large multinationals and SMEs?
Carmine Rotondaro, Worldwide Tax, Real Estate and Insurance Director, Gucci
Group, Italy
Prof. Dr. Frans Vanistendael, Academic Chairman IBFD, Amsterdam and prof.
em. KULeuven
Eduard Rosianu, Chief Financial Officer, Eurojet Romania S.R.L.
00:00 - 00:00
Algirdas Šemeta, EU Commissioner, Taxation and Customs Union, Audit and
Fraud
00:00 - 00:00
00:00 - 00:00
Tax and corporate governance: What is acceptable tax planning nowadays?
Moderator: Jonathan Beckerlegge, Director, York and North Yorkshire Credit Union,
UK
The Business’ perspective:
Theo Keijzer, Chair, Tax Commission, International Chamber of Commerce
Tax administration’s perspective:
Chris Davidson, Head of Anti-Avoidance Group, HMRC, UK
The advisers’ view:
Prof. Dr. Claus Staringer, Principal Consultant, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer,
Austria
Discussion, Q & A
00:00 - 01:04
00:00 - 00:00
Is the VAT system becoming more efficient?
Moderator: Prof. Alex McDougall, Senior Tax Partner, HW Edinburgh, UK; Deputy
Chair of FEE Indirect Tax Working Party
Mag. Elisabeth Kraus, Bundesministerium für Finanzen, Austria
Dr. Caroline Philipp, BMW Group, Head of Indirect Taxes, Germany
Arthur Kerrigan, European Commission, Head of sector, VAT policy and
legislation
00:00 - 00:00
DEBATE
High demands and expectations from stakeholders
Moderator: Olivier Boutellis-Taft, FEE CEO
Friedrich Rödler, Senior Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Austria; Chair of FEE
Direct Tax Working Party
Ralph Korf, Lawyer and Tax Advisor, Germany; Chair of FEE Indirect Tax
Working Party
Philip Kermode, European Commission, Director, Direct Taxation, Tax
coordination, Economic analysis and Evaluation
Donato Raponi, European Commission, Head of Unit, VAT and other turnover
taxes
00:00 - 01:04