About “European Tax Judges Conference”
The Conference will provide a forum for judges dealing with cases in direct and indirect tax matters to discuss various aspects of their work with colleagues from other countries and to exchange views on European and international law issues.
The seminar is organised by the non-profit body “Deutsche Finanzgerichtstag e.V.”, an association formed by most of the German tax judges, holding annual meetings to discuss current developments in tax law and problems of procedural law.
The conference will be attended by judges from the Member States specialising in tax law. The conference will be held in English.
Program “2. European Tax Judges Conference” | Cologne, 26 – 27 April 2020
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Sunday, 26 April 2020
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from 19:00
Welcome Reception
Get-together in the Wappensaal of the brewery Früh (Am Hof 5, 50667 Cologne) the evening before the conference.
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Monday, 27 April 2020
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9:00 – 9:30
Welcome and introduction
Professor Dr. h.c. Rudolf Mellinghoff
Chief Justice of the German Federal Tax Court, MunichProfessor Jürgen Brandt
President of “Deutscher Finanzgerichtstag e.V.” and former judge at the German Federal Tax Court, MunichBenno Scharpenberg
Chief Justice of the Tax Court of Cologne -
9:30 – 11:00
Fundamental rights and taxation in the EU
Dr. Christian Levedag
Judge at the German Federal Tax Court, MunichProfessor Dr. Heinrich Weber-Grellet
Former presiding judge at the German Federal Tax Court, Munich -
11.00 – 11:30
Coffee Break
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11:30 – 12:30
Distortion of competition and political business development by taxation (I)
Robert Jan Koopman
Vice presedent at the Supreme Court of the Netherlands, Den HaagSerge Schroeder
Premier conseiller, member of the Administrative Court, Luxembourg -
12.30 – 13:30
Lunch
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13:30 – 14:30
Distortion of competition and political business development by taxation (II)
Professor Dr. R.E.C.M. Niessen
Attorney general at the Supreme Court of the Netherlands, Den HaagProfessor Jürgen Brandt
President of “Deutscher Finanzgerichtstag e.V.” and former judge at the German Federal Tax Court, MunichMarc Fierstra, LL.M.
Judge at the Supreme Court of the Netherlands, Den Haag -
14:30 – 15:00
Coffee Break
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15:00 – 16:30
VAT – Developments
Professor Dr. Mariken van Hilten
Judge at the Supreme Court of the Netherlands, Den HaagDr. Christoph Wäger
Judge at the German Federal Tax Court, Munich -
16:30
Get together
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Information:
Due to the current devolpments regarding COVID-19 in Europe the European Tax Judges Conference has been cancelled and will be postponed to a later date.