On September 24 and 25 in Cracow, some 60 experts, tax law theoreticians and practitioners from Poland and abroad took part in an international tax conference entitled. "Practical aspects of the application of the double taxation treaty between Germany and Poland," organized by IFA Poland and IFA Germany. Below is a summary of the event.
The conference included the following panel discussions:
1. The most and least controversial provisions of DTT DE PL:
Moderator:
- Prof. Dr. Adrian Cloer, Honorary Professor at the European University Viadrina, Honorary Judge of the Higher State Court of Brandenburg, Co-editor of the Jamrozy/Cloer Commentary to the Polish-German Double Taxation Treaty
Panelists:
- Dr. Marcin Lachowicz, Ministry of Finance, Department of Tax Policy (responsible for negotiation of the DTAA and exchange of information), Chairman of the Polish GAAR Panel
- Dr. Jakub Jankowski, Ministry of Finance, Income Tax Department
- Mr. Arkadiusz Bakowski, director of global taxation at BASF ECMS Group
- Dr. Monika Wünnemann, director of taxation at the German Federation of Industry
- Dr. Wojciech Sztuba, Chairman of the Board of Directors of IFA Poland, Partner at TPA Poland
2. Polish-German practice in dispute resolution and avoidance:
Moderator:
- Prof. Dr. Xaver Ditz, Partner at Flick Gocke Schaumburg in Bonn/Duesseldorf and Professor at the University of Trier
Panelists:
- Prof. Dr. Robert Ullmann, University of Augsburg, member of the advisory committees for the EU Dispute Settlement Mechanism
- Ms. Helena Radzięciak, Polish Ministry of Finance, Head of Department (directly supervising the current Polish MAP proceedings)
- Dr. Monika Laskowska, Warsaw School of Economics, former Deputy Director of the Direct Taxes Department at the Ministry of Finance (dealing with TP and AOA), member of the Board of Directors of IFA Poland
- Dr. Michael Hoelzl, Head of Tax, Customs and Branch Management at Siemens Energy
3. Impact of changes in the business and regulatory environment:
Moderator:
- Prof. Dr. Krzysztof Lasinski-Sulecki, Professor at Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland.
Torun, Member of the Board of Directors of IFA Poland
Panelists:
- Dr. Filip Majdowski, Member of the Steering Group of the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework on BEPS, Advisor to the Minister of Finance on International Tax Law
- Prof. Dr. Christian Kaeser, Chairman of the Board of Directors of IFA Germany, Head of the Tax Department of Siemens AG
- Mr. Cezary Krysiak, Ministry of Finance, Head of Direct Taxes in the Department of Direct Taxes
- Ms. Patrycja Brzostowska, Director of Taxes at Getir Group
- Ms. Dominika Tyczka-Szyda, tax advisor, Partner, Director of the Legal and Tax Consultancy Department in Wroclaw responsible for the TP team at Rödl & Partner Polska
We would like to thank the panelists for sharing their knowledge and the moderators of the panel discussion for their contribution and lively discussion, as well as all participants for their presence and exchange of experience.
Conference organizing committee:
- Prof. Dr. Christian Kaeser, Chairman of the Board of Management of IFA Germany, Head of the Tax Department, Siemens AG
- Prof. Dr. Xaver Ditz, Partner at FGS
- Mr. Berthold Welling, Secretary General of IFA Germany, Executive Head of VCI (Chemical Industry Association)
- Dr. Monika Wünnemann, Director of Taxation at BDI (German Federation of Industry)
- Dr. Wojciech Sztuba, Chairman of the Board of Directors of IFA Poland, Managing Partner of TPA Poland
- Prof. Dr. Krzysztof Lasinski-Sulecki, Member of the Board of Directors of IFA Poland, Director of the Center for Fiscal Studies at Nicolaus Copernicus University
- Dr. Izabela Andrzejewska Czernek, Member of the Board of Directors of IFA Poland; Member of the Global YIN Committee, of counsel at Vinci & Vinci
We also encourage you to watch the photo report from the conference.