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Tax Conference – International Taxation, 11 June 2022

The International Tax Conference entire tax system and the reason for Second half of the event involved a
was held on 11th June 2022 at its emergence by policy makers was panel discussion where the speakers
Hyatt Regency. The members were discussed in detail along with adoption took questions from the audience and
addressed by some prominent of OECD guidelines. Second speaker deliberated on upcoming corporate tax
speakers who are experts in the field of was Mr Alastair Glober (Partner and the effects of OECD guidelines on
multinational taxation. Private Wealth Trowers & Hamlins) the upcoming compliances in UAE.
who discussed some of various tax
The event started with imminent speaker updates within the UK jurisdiction and
Mr Achim Pross (Head International various opportunities of tax planning.
Co-operation and Tax Administration We also had Mr Fazeel Soyfoo (partner
Division – OECD) who elaborated on Anderson) who threw light on how to
the relevance of Pillar 1 and 2 in the develop efficient tax structures.

Critical Facets of A VAT Audit, 17 June 2022

ICAI Dubai Chapter focus group on
Tax and compliance conducted this
event which was managed by Excom
member CA Malavika Kolera. The
agenda of this event was to deep dive
into various aspects of VAT audits
in UAE. This session was organized
at Grand Excelsior Hotel with the
purpose in mind that we are in 5th
year of VAT in UAE wherein many
have faced VAT audits while others
are learning from their experience. The
speaker for the event was CA Chirag
Agarwal (Managing Partner Earningo
Accounting & Tax consultancy) who
shared his experiences along with
some practical case studies to give an
overview of how VAT audits would be
conducted and what best can be done
to go through the process smoothly.

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