Objective

This online summer course will provide participants with comprehensive knowledge of the fundamentals of European tax law.
 

Key topics

• International and EU legal framework in the field of taxation
• Main sources of EU law in the area of direct and indirect taxation
• Corporate taxation in the EU and the relevant corporate tax directives
• Individual taxation and the case law of the CJEU
• The European Union’s fight against tax avoidance
• Fundamental VAT rules and related case law
• The BEPS project: where do we stand?
• Update on latest EU tax law issues

Who should attend?

The online summer course is suitable for lawyers in private practice, in-house counsel, officials in public administration/ ministries and members of the judiciary seeking an introduction to European tax law.

Participants will be able to deepen their knowledge through discussions, case studies and workshops.
 

Interactive Online Course

The summer course will be hosted on ERA’s own online platform. The highest security settings will be applied to ensure that you can participate actively in the best-quality videoconferencing environment available. You will be able to interact immediately and directly with our top-quality speakers and other participants. We will make the most of the technical tools available to deliver an intensive, interactive training experience.

Speakers

Tomas Balco, Senior Adviser, BEPS Capacity Building Team, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Paris

Prof Werner Haslehner, ATOZ Chair for European and International Taxation, University of Luxembourg

Mart van Hulten, Lecturer, Department of Tax Economics,Tilburg University; Tax Lawyer, Lubbers, Boer & Douma, The Hague

Prof Patricia Lampreave, Institute of Securities Studies (Instituto de Estudios Bursátiles), Madrid

Erwan Loquet, Head of Tax and Advisory Partner, BDO Luxembourg

Prof Madeleine Merkx, Professor of Indirect Taxation, Erasmus University Rotterdam; Partner, BDO Netherlands, Tilburg

Katerina Pantazatou, Associate Professor in Tax Law, University of Luxembourg

Prof Hein Vermeulen, Tax Director, PwC, Amsterdam; Professor of Tax Law, University of Amsterdam