Date: 29-30 September 2008
Location: Amsterdam
Course Code: OC08VATS2
Level: Intermediate

This two-day course is an intermediate course focusing on selected issues of value added tax in the European Union, e.g. the VAT treatment of ecommerce, Intra-Community services and transactions as well as triangular transactions and the use of consignment stock and warehouses. Taking into account the applicable directives, regulations and relevant and most recent case law of the European Court of Justice, these issues will be explored practically and in detail.

The course is designed for people who are familiar with the basic principles of value added tax in the European Union and who want to learn more about important issues of particular complexity or interest for VAT practice in internationally operating business and industry. The course should be of particular benefit to tax practitioners from the new EU Member States.

• Value added tax advisers and general tax practitioners
• Government officials
• In-house tax counsel

• Monitoring the Application of EC Law in the field of VAT
• Intra-EC Transactions
• Intra-EC Services
• E-Commerce
• Consignment Stock and VAT Warehouse Regulations
• Recovery of Input VAT
• VAT Neutralization: Planning Solutions
• Triangular Transactions