2016 was a good year for the ACTL. We succeeded in stabilising the research activities. In 2016, nine conferences were organised, five of which in Amsterdam and four abroad (Moscow/Bogota/Mexico City/New York). In 2016, for the first time, the ACTL organised a conference in Mexico.
2016 heralded the launch of the Global Tax Conference Project (see paragraph 2) and in this project conferences were organised by the ACTL in Amsterdam and by the NYU in New York. The subject of the Conference in Amsterdam was anti-BEPS implementation in the EU and was one of the first conferences to be held on the Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive in Europe.
The ACTL conferences are well attended. The number of attendees at each conference ranged between 80 and 150. The speakers are of a high level and consist of academics and practicing lawyers from the whole world. Of special note is that in December 2016, Prof. Dr Maarten Feteris, President of the Netherlands Supreme Court, spoke at a conference organised by the ACTL.
In 2016, Bruno da Silva gained his PhD ‘The impact of tax treaties and EU law on group taxation regimes’.
Mariken van Hilten, judge in the Netherlands Supreme Court, was appointed professor of indirect taxes in 2016.
In the framework of the GREIT, the 11th Annual conference, ‘European tax integration: law, policy and politics’, was organised on the Isle of Ischia in Italy.
40 academic publications were published, 90 professional publications and 82 presentations were given by ACTL members throughout the whole world.
PhD Researcher Martijn Nouwen and Prof. Dr Stef van Weeghel participated in an expert meeting on tax avoidance, organised by the Lower House of the Netherlands Parliament. Martijn Nouwen delivered a position paper ‘Transparantere Gedragscodegroep’ for this discussion.
Prof. Dr Jan van de Streek particpated during a hearing in Dutch Parliament about the trustsector in the Netherlands.
Prof. Dr Jan van de Streek, Prof. Dr Stef van Weeghel and PhD researcher Martijn Nouwen especially, were in the news on numerous occasions in 2016 (NOS news, Radio, various newspapers), and in that context, gave comments and pointed out developments in International Tax Law (see paragraph 8.4).
In 2016, two successful Winter courses were organised (one on International Tax Law and the other on EU Tax Law).
The first students graduated in 2016 in the UvA-IBFD Advanced Master (LLM) in International Tax Law: principles, Policy and Practice, and September 2016 saw the start with the second year in this new LLM.
Prof. Dr Mariken van Hilten
On Thursday 24 November 2016, mr. dr. M.E. van Hilten, held her inaugural lectutre called: ‘Gaat het btw-systeem het houden, onder druk van rechtsmisbruik en fraude?’ (Is the VAT system going to sustain under the pressure of abuse of law and fraud?). Van Hilten has been appointed professor by special appointment of Indirect Tax, at the Faculty of Law of the University of Amsterdam.
Bruno da Silva
On Thursday 25 February 2016 Bruno da Silva defended in public his Phd thesis entitled ‘The impact of tax treaties and EU law on group taxation regimes’.
The thesis was completed under the supervision of Prof. Dr Dennis Weber, director of the ACTL.
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