International Business Tax EconomicsDr. Carla De Pietro - Fiscal Institute Tilburg

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Agenda

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Contents /specific courses

General outline

Why an international master?

What kind of education?

Career perspectives

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Outline: International Business Tax Economics

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One-year, international Master program

in English

For students with a bachelor or a pre-master degree

No tax background required

Granting a MSc degree

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Issues:

• To what extent is tax saving legal?

• When does it constitute tax evasion?

• What are the effects of tax savings on the public finances of states?

But also:

• Avoidance of double taxation

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Globalization and labour market

Globalization has had a major effect:

• Taxation is a determinant factor in the decision making processes of multinationals

• International professional skills are required for tax economists by the labour market

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International professional skills in the national labour market

A Dutch tax advisor is required to assist its clients in a globalized environment

This does not only involve large multinationals

But also Dutch small enterprise which wants to invest in Belgium or Germany

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International professional skills

Globalization has had a major impact also on the work of international organizations and EU institutions

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Private / Public sector

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• Private sector

• Multinational companies• Tax law firms• Tax consulting firms

• Public/non-profits sector

• EU, OECD, WTO, IMF• Ministries of Finance• Tax Administrations• Universities

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Our students experience

Why an international master?

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Really international environment

Different nationalities in the master International Business Taxation

2016 - 2017

China Colombia Germany Finland France Greece Hungary IndonesiaItaly Japan Lithuania Netherlands Austria Portugal Russia SlovakiaSpain Suriname Czech Republic

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Contents of the program

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Courses Number of ECTSSemester 1:Corporate Tax Structures 6Business Taxation 6Value Added Tax in Cross-Border Situations 6Seminar Business Taxation and Decision-Making Processes for IBTE 6Compulsory optional tax-related courses:

• Financial Statement Analysis• Seminar Taxation 6 

Semester 2:International and European Taxation 6Advanced Financial Accounting 6Master’s Thesis 18  Total: 60 ECTS

 

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Credentials

• Business and Economics Tilburg University: Top 11 in the world

• Tilburg: best University 2017

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Credentials

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Master’s Thesis Awards

• Winner of CFE Award Albert J. Rädler Medal 2015 (best thesis on European Taxation awarded by the Confédération Fiscale Européenne (CFE)):

• Bawono Kristiaji (Indonesia)• “Incentives and Disincentives of Profit Shifting in Developing

Countries” • IBTE student 2014-2015

• Winner of Dutch NOB/LOF tax thesis prize 2016:

• Philippe Heeren (Belgium)• “Sustainability of the Arm ‘s Length Principle as the Basis

for International Income Allocalion in a Digitalising Economy”

• IBTL student 2014-2015

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Staff

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• Senior and internationally-reputed lecturers• Published in top academic journals and books

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Career Perspectives

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• Examples of employers of alumni

• Corporate tax consultant at Deloitte, Antwerp (Belgium)• Junior tax associate at Baker & McKenzie, Amsterdam (NL)• Transfer pricing group/Russian desk KPMG Meijburg & Co, Eindhoven

(NL)• Associate at Law Square, Brussels (Belgium)• Junior legal assistant at Corporate Secretarial Services department of

Vistra Corporate Services EOOD, Sofia (Bulgaria)• Law firm in Luxembourg• Service line enablement manager tax at the business development

department at EY, Brussels (Belgium)• International tax department at EY, Luxembourg• Consultant transfer pricing and operational model effectiveness at EY,

Rotterdam (NL)• Transfer pricing department at Deloitte

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Career Perspectives

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• Examples of employers of alumni (continued)• Indirect tax assistant at KPMG, London (UK)• Analyst international corporate income tax at Deloitte, Rotterdam (NL)• Research master in International Economic Law, China • Assistant manager of transfer pricing unit at KPMG, Indonesia• Junior tax advisor at Mazars, Eindhoven (NL)• Tax litigation team at Laga law firm, Brussels (Belgium)• International tax consultant at EY, Milan (Italy)

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Present international vacancies

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Present international vacancies

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Present international vacancies

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Questions?

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• For more information, see also: http://www.tilburguniversity.edu/education/masters-programmes/international-business-tax-law/

• Or simply

Google “International Business Tax EconomicsTilburg University”

• You can also contact our offices:

G.G.B.vdrLee@uvt.nl