ELEVATE March 2024

ELEVATE is an innovative and collaborative program exclusive to our Taxback International community. This is your opportunity to gain valuable insights on topics that matter to you from fellow industry professionals, who share unique insights on current challenges within VAT.

Take a look at the 2024 ELEVATE livestream.

Explore the chapters

PART 1
Panel Discussion – Preparing for VAT in the Digital Age (ViDA) Package

Lisa Dowling
Chief Tax & Compliance Officer | Taxback International
Anton Appel
VAT Partner | WTS Global
Nicola Fitzgerald
Group VAT Manager | Glanbia Business Services
Nicoletta Petrosino
Global Indirect Tax Manager | Nestlé

PART 2
Update – Practical Insights from EU and non EU Perspectives on DRR

Liz Gallagher
Indirect Tax Director – EMEA | Meta

PART 3
Panel Discussion – Creating an Effective E-Invoicing Strategy

Gustav Gnosspelius
Principal E-Invoicing | Basware

PART 4
The Future of AI within Comply

David Keating
Chief Technology Officer | Taxback International

PART 5
Best Practices – Setting up & Boosting your Tax Team

Aline Berbari
Manager – International Tax | Joseph Ribkoff

PART 6
Case Study – Outsourcing VAT Compliance and the Importance of VAT Automation

Stefan Kuehn
Director Indirect Taxes
Mondelēz International

PART 7
Morning Session Feedback

Joe Healy
Chief Growth Officer | Taxback International
Martin Keuschnik
Partner Indirect Tax | WTS Digital

PART 8
Panel Discussion – Practical Challenges within the Digital Services Industry

Melissa O’Brien
Senior Lead, Indirect Taxes | Shopify
Patricia O’Brien
Director Global Indirect Tax | MongoDB Limited

PART 9
TBI Pay powered by TransferMate Global Payments

Paul Quinlan
VP – Strategic Account Management, EMEA | TransferMate Global Payments

PART 10
Insights – Transfer Pricing and Cross Border Transactions

Lochlainn Coyne
Transfer Pricing Director COE | Viatris

Rewatch ELEVATE 2023

Guest speakers joined us from some of the world’s largest companies

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ELEVATE Gathering June 2022

The ELEVATE Gathering joined a community together to discuss current VAT challenges and impacts to businesses. It consisted of topic based, interview style discussions, keynote sessions, panel discussions with key industry experts. 

PART 1

Developing (Tax) Digitalisation Capabilities

Joe Power
Tax Transformation Leader / VAT Director – Medtronic

PART 2

Getting your Teams Ready
for e-Invoicing

Colm McCormack
Global Indirect Tax Compliance & Planning Manager – Autodesk

PART 3

Digital Reporting

Andrew Finnegan
Senior Finance Director, EMEA Financial Controller – Zendesk
Vincent Manning
Senior Tax Manager – Zendesk

PART 4

VAT in the Digital Age

Nicoletta Petrosino
Global Indirect Tax Manager – Nestlé

PART 5

VAT Controls when moving to a Shared Services Center

Manuela Blochwitz
VAT Manager – Envista

PART 6

An Introduction to NFTs

Matthew Walshaw
International VAT Manager – Fanatics

Rewatch ELEVATE 2021

Guest speakers joined us from some of the worlds largest companies
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