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The VAT landscape is undergoing significant changes worldwide, driven by an evolving digital economy, new legislative frameworks, interconnected areas (e.g. customs, transfer pricing) and being up to date about these changes is crucial for businesses, but also for tax authorities and everyone interested in the VAT field. This masterclass is intended to examine the main VAT trends, the challenges lying ahead and the opportunities that come with them. It aims to explain how all seems to be intertwined in the current VAT world, by using examples, case studies and group discussions based on real-life scenarios.
Date 1 – 3 December 2025
Venue Near IBFD headquarters, Amsterdam ( exact details to be confirmed soon)
Location Amsterdam, Netherlands
Topics Covered
- Real time reporting and e-invoicing
- Use of technology & information in VAT audits
- VAT (compliance) risks in digital trade
- Case study: e-invoicing and digital reporting trends
- VAT/GST aspects on digital (virtual) assets transactions (blockchain technology, smart contracts, classification of digital assets, Non Fungible Tokens (NFTs)
- Metaverse and Web3, implications for taxation
- Case study: VAT/GST aspects on digital (virtual) assets transactions
- Platform economy and collection of VAT
- Increasing liability of digital platforms in the collection of VAT
- Record-keeping obligation for digital platforms
Payment service providers (Reporting of payment and transmission of data) - Case study: platform economy and collection of VAT
Understanding the vital link between VAT/GST and Transfer Pricing and the events triggering indirect tax issues - Types of transfer pricing adjustments
- Recent case law on transfer pricing and VAT issues
Case study: worldwide approaches on the VAT/GST treatment of TP adjustments - The intersection between VAT/GST and customs on international transactions
- Case study: intersection between VAT and customs
- Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), sectors targeted and its impact inside and outside Europe
- Decarbonization of global value chains and building supply chain resilience
- Cross-border VAT dispute resolution
Learning Objectives
After this masterclass, the participants will be able to:
- After this Masterclass, the participants will be able to
- Navigate through the global VAT trends and challenges to understand how they are all interlinked
- Learn at an advanced level with case studies relevant VAT issues from their daily practice.
- Assess the impact of new rules that affect the biggest areas in VAT
- Understand what are the global VAT trends in international transactions
Instructors
- Marcos Alvarez Suso, Deputy direction for legal advise in tax issues
- Marie Lamensch (UCLouvain) and Lawyer (Arteo)
- Vanessa Bacchin Cardo, Senior Manager Global Trade at Henkel
- Fabiola Annacondia, IBFD, the Netherlands
- Laura Alarcón Diaz, IBFD, the Netherlands
- Ravi Chatlani, IBFD, the Netherlands
- Sharvari Kale, IBFD, the Netherlands
Field of study
Taxes
Who should attend
The course is suitable for VAT advisers, government officials, in-house tax counsels, and general tax practitioners, including lawyers and accountants.
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Venue
Near IBFD Headquarters, Amsterdam, Netherlands
