Conference on VAT Reform - The Commission's Green Paper on the future of VAT

As part of the Advanced Postgraduate Course on Tax Law - VAT in the European Union, the IDEFF is organising a Conference on the theme  “VAT Reform - The Commission's Green Paper on the Future of VAT” on 30 March 2011 at the Faculty of Law Auditorium . With this Conference, the IDEFF is seeking to make its contribution to the various matters raised by the European Commission concerning the reform of this tax.

Programme:
MORNING

9:30-9:45
Opening Session: Eduardo Paz Ferreira

9:45-10:15
1st Panel - Presentation of the Green Paper on the Future of VAT
Bertrand Lapalus (Representative of the European Commission)

10:15-11:15
2nd Panel - Improving the functioning of the single market
António Carlos dos Santos
Jorge Oliveira
Rita de La Feria

Moderator: Ana Paula Dourado

11:15-11:30 Break

11:30-13:00
3rd Panel - VAT and Neutrality
Clotilde Celorico Palma
Rui Laires
Michel Aujean *

Moderator: Xavier de Basto

AFTERNOON

14:00-15:30
4th Panel - Improved Harmonisation
Amaral Tomaz
Alexandra Martins
Pasquale Pistone

Moderator: António Martins

15:30-16:30
5th Panel - Reducing Bureaucracy
Nunes dos Reis
Cidália Lança

Moderator: António Carlos dos Santos

16.30-16.45  Break

16:45-18:15
6th panel – Reducing the Vulnerability of the System to Fraud
Luis Alonso González
Cidália Lopes
Miguel Silva Pinto

Moderator: Clotilde Celorico Palma

18:15-19:00
Conclusions:
António Carlos dos Santos
Clotilde Celorico Palma
Rita de La Feria
Pasquale Pistone