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The US VATchart provides useful information on VAT rates and reclaim opportunities in many countries

Please download the document from the link below.

The VATchart provides useful information on VAT rates and reclaim opportunities in many countries

Please download the document from the link below.

VATtrends is our bi-monthly newsletter , a great source of information for those seeking to keep up-to-date with changes in international VAT legislation and news.

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VATtrends is our bi-monthly newsletter , a great source of information for those seeking to keep up-to-date with changes in international VAT legislation and news.

To subscribe to VATtrends please follow this link: VATtrends Subscription

VATtrends is our bi-monthly newsletter , a great source of information for those seeking to keep up-to-date with changes in international VAT legislation and news.

To subscribe to VATtrends please follow this link: VATtrends Subscription

This live, interactive 60-minute webinar focused on managing VAT risks for businesses that operate across borders.

VAT audits from foreign tax authorities can be costly, time consuming and stressful – and with complex and differing penalty regimes, getting the VAT wrong can be even more costly and damaging to companies. Equally, new business ventures or transactions can carry VAT risks that can significantly impact upon their profitability if not understood and proactively managed. In-house accounting teams are increasingly called upon to be responsible for global VAT risk management, but cannot necessarily be VAT experts in every jurisdiction.

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HIGHLIGHTS

• Key VAT risk areas for businesses operating across borders
• Monitoring and controlling risk in multiple VAT registrations
• Common VAT problems in shared service centres
• VAT and corporate governance regimes (Sarbanes–Oxley, etc)
   

EXPERT PANEL

William Morrison (director, International VAT Consulting)
William Morrison is a director in Meridian's International VAT Consulting team. He has over 20-years' experience in VAT, starting at HM Customs & Excise in the UK and continuing it in the Big 4. He has worked extensively on international VAT, with a particular focus on Eastern Europe (where he worked full time for over six years) and other emerging markets. William has a wide base of technical experience, his main areas of specialism being cross-border trade and investment, financial services, optimising VAT efficiency on transactions within corporate groups, VAT compliance, systems implementation and indirect tax risk management.
 

Mostafa Ehsan (manager, International VAT Consulting)
Mostafa Ehsan is a VAT manager in Meridian’s International VAT Consulting team. He started his career at HMRC in the UK and has worked in private practice. His experience lies in working with a large number of multinational businesses and advising on the international VAT implications to new and existing business models, global contracts for services and supply chains. In addition, he has worked extensively with clients to determine the liability of their supplies, and where possible agreeing potential exemptions with foreign tax authorities.

A live and interactive 60 minute webcast focused on identifying and overcoming critical VAT compliance risks in an SAP environment.

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During this session, Meridian's SAP and VAT experts provided a deep insight into why some key VAT compliance risks exists in an SAP environment, focusing on the implications and impact to business, before offering recommendations to address the challenges.

Key risk areas will be presented, including:

• incorrect use of the VAT partner functions and VAT ID numbers;
• incorrect tax departure country;
• risks and shortcomings in dealing with triangulation and domestic reverse-charge flows;
• incorrect invoice number ranges for multiple VAT registrations;
• lack of functionality to manage fiscal groups and VAT groups;
• lack of functionality to manage VAT warehouses and bonded flows;
   

Moderator

Frank Haskew, Head of Tax Faculty, ICAEW

Featured Speakers:

Roger Lindelauf, ERP VAT Consulting Lead, Meridian International VAT Consulting

Roger Lindelauf, ERP VAT Consulting Lead, Meridian International VAT Consulting. Based in the Netherlands, Roger is a certified and experienced SAP consultant since 1987. Roger has worked on global VAT projects in leading companies such as Philips, Shell, RWE, Dimension Data devising and implementing VAT configuration solutions to ensure full VAT compliance in complex SAP environments. Roger runs SAP VAT risk-reviews for clients, advises on best practice configurations and develops and implements custom SAP VAT enhancements. Mother tongue: Dutch / Fluent: English, German.

 Ryan Ostilly, Commercial Director - tax technology, Meridian International VAT Consulting

Ryan joined Meridian in 1998 and is currently responsible for leading Meridian's tax technology solutions across Europe. Prior to that, Ryan was Director of VAT operations and professional services, responsible for managing VAT processes in our Dublin Shared Services Centre as well as Meridian's consulting and advisory teams. Ryan has significant, practical international VAT and ERP systems experience, having designed and implemented solutions for some of Meridian's leading, multinational clients. Prior to joining Meridian, Ryan was IT Manager for professional services firm, Grant Thornton International. Ryan is a qualified Chartered Accountant (SA).
 

VATtrends is our bi-monthly newsletter , a great source of information for those seeking to keep up-to-date with changes in international VAT legislation and news.

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VATtrends is our bi-monthly newsletter , a great source of information for those seeking to keep up-to-date with changes in international VAT legislation and news.

To subscribe to VATtrends please follow this link: VATtrends Subscription

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This live and interactive 60 minute webcast focused on tax determination and billing pitfalls within SAP. During this session, we provided an overview of the common issues users experience with SAP VAT determination and billing, focusing on the implications and impact to business, before offering recommendations to address the challenges.

We examined a number of key problem areas, including:

• incorrect selection of VAT partner functions and VAT ID
• incorrect tax departure country
• incorrect tax destination country
• incorrect invoice number ranges
• lack of functionality to manage fiscal groups and VAT groups
• lack of functionality to manage VAT warehouses and bonded flows

Featured Speakers:

Roger Lindelauf, ERP VAT Consulting Lead, Meridian International VAT Consulting

Roger Lindelauf, ERP VAT Consulting Lead, Meridian International VAT Consulting. Based in the Netherlands, Roger is a certified and experienced SAP consultant since 1987. Roger has worked on global VAT projects in leading companies such as Philips, Shell and RWE devising and implementing VAT configuration solutions to ensure full VAT compliance in complex SAP environments. Roger runs SAP VAT health checks for clients, advises on best practice configurations and develops and implements custom SAP VAT enhancements. Mother tongue: Dutch / Fluent: English, German.

Ryan Ostilly, Commercial Director - Meridian International VAT Consulting

Ryan joined Meridian in 1998 and is currently responsible for leading Meridian's tax intelligence and automation solutions across Europe. Prior to that, Ryan was Director of VAT operations and professional services, responsible for managing VAT processes in our Dublin Shared Services Centre as well as Meridian's consulting and advisory teams. Ryan has significant, practical international VAT and ERP systems experience, having designed and implemented solutions for some of Meridian's leading, multinational clients. Prior to joining Meridian, Ryan was IT Manager for professional services firm, Grant Thornton International. Ryan is a qualified Chartered Accountant (SA).

Further Information

Meridian Global Services offers a wide spectrum of tax technology solutions which use proven methodologies, tools, and best practices.

Do you struggle to get SAP to accurately manage all your complex VAT scenarios?
Have you considered the "VAT Add-on" for SAP.

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VATtrends is our bi-monthly newsletter , a great source of information for those seeking to keep up-to-date with changes in international VAT legislation and news.

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This live and interactive webinar investigates the emerging trend for organizations to outsource the management of Sales and Use Tax compliance.

In today's economic environment, states and local jurisdictions are becoming increasingly aggressive and unforgiving with regards to sales tax obligations. At the same time, tax departments are being strained with limited resources to meet these challenges. It has been well reported that many organizations have taken the steps to outsource the compliance function to increase cost efficiencies and streamline reporting. The purpose of this webinar is to examine the reasons behind this trend and demonstrate the benefits to be achieved.

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Plants Abroad in SAP: Customising, transactions and reporting
Effective VAT management for your foreign stockpoints

Date: Thursday July 1st, 2010
Time: 10:30am GDT-11:30am CDT (Paris)
Duration: 60 minutes

This live and interactive 60 minute webcast will focus on the correct use of the 'Plants Abroad' functionality in SAP. The Plants Abroad functionality has been designed by SAP for organisations that have warehouses or distribution centers in other EU countries. The functionality enables easier reporting with regards to VAT and Intrastat declarations enabling VAT and Instrastat postings for intra-company, cross border stock transfers.

During this webinar, we will be investigating the key issues associated with enabling this SAP feature and address some of the known and unknown risks with using the functionality. To make this interactive, we will also encourage participants to ask our experts live questions and share their experiences.

Key issues to be discussed:
1) Activating Plants Abroad in SAP

- Why?
- What does it do?

2) Cross border - Intra Company stock transfers

- VAT and Intrastat requirements
- Tax codes

3) Interface between Sales + Distribution and Finance

4) Sales process from a Plant Abroad

5) VAT return report and EC Sales list

- Selections
- Currencies

Take part in a live Q & A and hear from industry experts

Featured Speakers:

Roger Lindelauf, ERP VAT Consulting Lead, Meridian International VAT Consulting

Ryan Ostilly, Commercial Director - Meridian International VAT Consulting

VATtrends is our bi-monthly newsletter , a great source of information for those seeking to keep up-to-date with changes in international VAT legislation and news.

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As part of our ongoing series of information updates regarding EU VAT legislative changes that came into effect on 1st January 2010, this special edition of our VATtrends publication is dedicated to providing you with an update on the new electronic procedure for cross-border VAT recovery within the EU – the “Refund Directive”.
 

VATtrends is our bi-monthly newsletter , a great source of information for those seeking to keep up-to-date with changes in international VAT legislation and news.

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The New EU VAT Legislation - Theory and Business Reality - A practical perspective on the new European VAT Rules addressing complex implementation issues


This presentation took place on February 25, 2010 at 10:30 AM Greenwich Mean Time.

This live and interactive 60 minute webcast focused on the practical implementation issues arising for UK and EU businesses selling and receiving services across borders. We looked at how companies are coping with the new rules and what challenges they are presented with. We demonstrated how these challenges can be addressed and how other businesses have dealt with certain implementation issues. Participants were given the opportunity to ask questions and obtain a practical insight into the new rules in order to understand how to minimise risk and maximise VAT compliance.

Discussion points:

• What has changed at EU Level?
• Where are the Member States in implementing the changes?
• What has changed in the UK?
• Practical implementation issues
• Case study
• Managing Risk
• Q&A

Featured speaker:

Jenny Nittmann
Senior Manager – Meridian International VAT Consulting

Jenny Nittmann is a Senior Manager with Meridian International VAT Consulting based in London. As a specialist in international VAT, Jenny has worked with some of the largest companies in the world, helping them to understand the VAT treatment of their cross-border transactions and to comply with their obligations throughout the 27 EU Member States and beyond. Over the course of the last year, she has advised numerous businesses on the implications of the 2010 VAT changes, providing them with practical assistance ranging from reviewing the VAT configuration of their accounting software to training their commercial, finance and accounting people to be able to deal with the new rules on a day-to-day basis. A regular contributor to professional publications, Jenny has also had articles on the 2010 VAT changes published in journals including the IBFD's International VAT Monitor.

Moderator:

Frank Haskew
Head of ICAEW Tax Faculty

Follow this link to view the recorded webinar: The New EU VAT Legislation

Related event: VAT Masterclass - Aligning VAT in SAP, May 6th 2010 London. Download conference brochure:  VAT in SAP Masterclass Brochure 

VATtrends is our bi-monthly newsletter , a great source of information for those seeking to keep up-to-date with changes in international VAT legislation and news.

To subscribe to VATtrends please follow this link: VATtrends Subscription

VATtrends is our bi-monthly newsletter , a great source of information for those seeking to keep up-to-date with changes in international VAT legislation and news.

To subscribe to VATtrends please follow this link: VATtrends Subscription

VATtrends is our bi-monthly newsletter , a great source of information for those seeking to keep up-to-date with changes in international VAT legislation and news.

To subscribe to VATtrends please follow this link: VATtrends Subscription

Access expert knowledge to address complex implementation issuesWith the combined international VAT experience of our consulting and ERP systems experts, Meridian Global Services can deliver a practical and business-driven solution to your 2010 VAT Package challenge. Our team of international VAT consultants can assist you and your staff to get ready.

In our November 5th webinar we focused on the key issues affecting businesses preparing for the change.
Clarifying known interpretation variations across jurisdictions while resolving any preparation or implementation uncertainties you may be experiencing.

Topics covered include:

• Known implementation issues-how to approach and resolve
• Country variations
• Manage the risk of non-compliance
  • Key ERP issues
  • Process flows
  • New reporting requirements
  • Staff awareness and training

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This webinar was conducted in German on 12 November 2009.

Webinar zum Ort der Dienstleitung 2010 / Teil 2 – kostenloses Webinar am 12. November 2009 (10.00 Uhr GMT)(11.00 Uhr BMT+1)

Klicken Sie hier für das aufgezeichnete Webinar auf Deutsch.

This webinar was conducted in French on 12 November 2009.

Conférence Internet sur le « Paquet TVA » concernant le lieu des prestations de services applicable à compter du 1er janvier 2010.

Cliquez pour voir l'enregistrement de la conférence en français

How well does your company keep track of employees' expenses? Without an effective internal process for auditing employees' expenses, your company could be at risk of failing to comply with, and at risk of incurring financial penalties from, external regulatory agencies.

Reliance on technology alone is not enough to shield your company from these risks. During this webcast, you will learn about best practices with managing employees' expenses that can reduce risks of regulatory noncompliance, free up cash flow and add to your company's bottom line.

To view the webcast that took place on October 6th 2009 please follow the link.

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VATtrends is our bi-monthly newsletter , a great source of information for those seeking to keep up-to-date with changes in international VAT legislation and news.

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Presents the views of in-house VAT and finance professionals from over 200 multinational companies.

VATtrends is our bi-monthly newsletter , a great source of information for those seeking to keep up-to-date with changes in international VAT legislation and news.

To subscribe to VATtrends please follow this link: VATtrends Subscription

What is changing and how will it work? A practical insight.