2025 CFE Tax Symposium in Ghent on 18 September 2025
Registration is now open for the 2025 CFE Tax Symposium, taking place on Thursday, 18 September 2025, at the historic Oude Vismijn in Ghent, Belgium. Hosted in partnership with the Institute for Tax Advisors and Accountants Belgium, this year’s symposium, “Taxation in Transition: Compliance, Rights & Innovation in a High-Data World”, will convene policymakers, academics, and leading practitioners to examine the practical impact of the latest EU and international tax policy developments.
The morning’s first panel will examine the EU & international tax policy landscape, moderated by CFE Director Aleksandar Ivanovski. Speakers will include Benjamin Angel (European Commission), Felicie Bonnet (OECD), Jorge Ferreras Guiterrez (Ministry of Finance, Spain), Helen Pahapill (Ministry of Finance, Estonia), and Prof. Dr. Georg Kofler (WU Vienna). They will discuss OECD Pillar Two implementation, EU simplification efforts, and broader cross-border trends.
After a networking lunch, the focus will turn to DAC and Taxpayers’ Rights, in a panel moderated by Eduardo Gracia Espinar (Ashurst EMEA, Spain) with panelists Reinhard Biebel (European Commission), Dr. Viktoria Wöhrer (WU Vienna, invited), and Philippe Vanclooster (ITAA), examining DAC recast, proportionality of sanctions, taxpayer rights, and the use of pre-populated tax returns.
The final panel on the interplay of AI, tax technology & indirect tax, chaired by Jeremy Woolf (Pump Court, UK), will bring together Jane Mellor (CIOT, UK), Nicholas Devillers (BDO, Luxembourg), and Petra Pospíšilová (Czech Chamber of Tax Advisers) to discuss AI-enabled compliance tools, real-time VAT reporting (MOSS, IOSS, VIDA), secure IT architecture, and ethical data use.
Secure your place at the conference and register now! More information and registration is available here.
