Tax Policy Central Europe Conference: Can a more customer-oriented system of compliance maximize collection and minimize costs?

Organizer

American Chamber of Commerce
in the Czech Republic

When

18.05.2017, 09:00 - 18.05.2017, 12:00

Where

Radisson Blu Alcron Hotel, Štěpánská 40, Prague 1 Show on map

What

Keynote speech by Finance Minister Andrej Babiš. The conference is held under auspices of Ministry of Finance of the Czech Republic.

Organized by AmCham Czech Republic and AmCham Poland.

Working languages: English and Czech (with translation)

Fee: 800 CZK including VAT (AmCham members&non members) - attendees from public sector for free. Your registration is mandatory after May 8. In case of your absence, you are obliged to pay the fee with possibility to delegate your colleague to attend.

PROGRAM :

9.00-9.30 Czech Minister of Finance Andrej Babiš  

•   Keynote speech
•   Reviewing steps to increase fairness and collection
•   Proposing primary goals for next government  

9.30-10.30 Panel on Tax Efficiency: Is assisting compliance more efficient than enforcement?   

• Moderator: Ladislav Malůšek, KPMG Czech Republic, Partner, Tax Services
• Stanislav Kouba, Ministry of Finance, Czech Republic, Income Tax Department Director
  • Recent and proposed steps to make compliance easier for companies | Question to be answered: Is compliance more efficient than enforcement for the state?
• František Imrecze, Slovak Financial Administration, President
  • Recent and proposed steps to make compliance easier for companies | Question to be answered: Is compliance more efficient than enforcement for the state?
• Martin Brix, Lease Plan, CFO
  • Identifying areas of uncertainties in compliance and cost | Question to be answered: Has the uncertainty and cost of compliance improved?

10.30-10.45 Coffeebreak

10.45-11.45 Panel on Tax Efficiency: OECD recommendations for Large Taxpayers    

• Moderator: Peter Chrenko, PwC Czech Republic, Partner, former Deputy Finance Minister     
• Martin Janeček, General Financial Directorate, Czech Republic, Director General
  • Proposed measures for large taxpayers | Question to be answered: Would implementing OECD recommendations be a more efficient way to achieve compliance for both state and companies?
• František Imrecze, Slovak Financial Administration, President
  • Proposed measures for large taxpayers   
• Paweł Gruza, Ministry of Finance, Poland, Undersecretary of State
  • Experience implementing SAF-T    
• Gabriela Hrachovinová, Chamber of Tax Advisers of the Czech Republic
  • Experience of large taxpayers      

11.45-12.30 Panel on Tax Policy: Do research incentives create value-added export production?       

• Moderator: Lucie Říhová, EY Czech Republic, Partner 
  • Overview of Incentives within the EU | Question to be answered: What countries have innovative incentives and which have "required" incentives?
• Paweł Gruza, Ministry of Finance, Poland, Undersecretary of State
  • The effectiveness of research Incentives in Poland | Question to be answered: What is the intention of Polish incentives, and how is success measured?
• Brent Springael, Bird & Bird Belgium, Partner
  • Belgium's new package of research incentives | Question to be answered: What did Belgium choose to offer and why?

For further information about the event, please contact veronika@amcham.cz.