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VAT in the Digital Age

The European Commission’s Directorate General for Taxation and Customs (DG TAXUD) was organising on 6 December 2019 an event on “VAT in the Digital Age” in Brussels, Belgium.

This event brought together stakeholders working in the field of Value Added Tax (VAT) to reflect on the opportunities and challenges that new technologies bring in the area of VAT.

In particular, the potential of using advanced technologies such as blockchain in the VAT area will be discussed.

The seminar also provided a chance to share recent experiences from EU Member States on how they use digital solutions for VAT reporting, collecting and fraud-detection.

An opening address was made by Stephen Quest, Director General of DG TAXUD, followed by key-note speeches and panel discussions with academics, EU officials, members of national tax administrations, business representatives and other VAT specialists.

Conference streaming

Speaker's presentations

The speakers' presentations are available :

Digital and Taxation video

The European Union is trying to bring the world of tech and the world of tax closer together and to see how we can use the technology to deliver more effective tax outcomes for our citizens.

Emerging tech and Taxation video

AI and particularly machine learning is a game changer and will lead to fundamental changes of how public services are provisioned. Blockchain is a technology that can provide many benefits to taxpayers, that can fix many problems of the current VAT system.

Programme

VAT IN THE DIGITAL AGE 6 December 2019 - European Commission, Breydel Building, Brussels