Auditing Value-Added Tax (VAT)

Nov 25, 2020 CEF Online Learning Campus No Fee
Nov 24, 2020
English

VAT revenues importantly contribute to national budgets. This is why tax administrations employ different strategies to lower the size of the VAT gap. Auditing VAT is an important part of tax administrations’ strategies to mitigate non-compliance.

About this learning event

This regional webinar aims at discussing auditing VAT in the context of assuring compliance. It will also provide a platform for exchange of experiences.

What will you learn

During this webinar, you will learn what is needed to develop a compliance plan based on a proper risk analysis, the role of auditing VAT, and learn about practical examples. Moreover, identified compliance projects concerning VAT and explanation of the process will be shared and discussed. In the second part, you will share your own experiences.

Faculty

This webinar will be delivered under the guidance of:

  • Marjan Maček, Financial Administration of Slovenia

Marjan started working as tax auditor within the Tax Administration in 1996. In 2002, he became senior tax auditor in the Division for Tax Supervision and International Information Exchange and Register. He was responsible for VAT inspections at the central level (planning, coordination, implementation of the plan, preparation of methodologies, etc.). Since 2014, after the merger of the Tax and Customs Administrations into Financial Administration, he has been acting as Head of the Financial Supervision Division, which covers the entire inspection within the Financial Administration and the Supervision of Mobile Units of the former Customs Administration.

  • Andre Kamps, Tax and Custom Administration, the Netherlands

Andre is a chartered accountant. He has been working for the Dutch Tax Administration for 32 years, since 2010 as advisor/coordinator  on issues of attacking VAT Fraud. His work is based on the principles of Compliance Risk Management.

Who should attend

This webinar is designed for heads of tax audit units and tax auditors.

The webinar will be delivered in English and will be recorded.

Practical information

This webinar is free to join. Please feel free to bring this webinar under the attention also to your colleagues who may find the discussion particularly timely and useful!

When: November  25, 2020, at 10:00 CET - the webinar session will open 20 minutes before the official start

Duration: 90 minutes

Where: From the convenience of your own computer at the CEF Online Learning Campus (http://www.cef-see.org/olc)

Partners

This learning initiative was supported by:

Ministry of Finance, the Netherlands Ministry of Finance Slovenia