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March 17, 2020
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Taxation and prevention of Money Laundering

Overview

BACKGROUND INFORMATIONThe seminar will discuss the crime of tax evasion putting it in the context of the framework of Malta’s legal framework regulating Prevention of Money Laundering. The seminar will discuss the peculiarities of the Maltese Tax Systems and how these peculiarities dovetail with Malta’s criminal laws.OBJECTIVES OF THIS SESSIONThe seminar will take the audience through provisions in our tax laws aimed at penalizing tax offences explaining the implications of these provisions for criminal law purposes, prevention of money laundering laws especially.TOPICS ON THE AGENDA• Tax Evasion, Tax Avoidance and Tax Mitigation• The Evolution of the Concept of Tax Fraud• Taxation and the Criminal Code• Taxation, STR and the MDR

Why Attend?

Agenda Highlights:

  • 13:15 - Registration
  • 13:30 - 16:45 - Session time including a 15 minute coffee break

Confirmed Speakers

  • Dr Robert Attard



Robert is Partner and Tax Policy Leader, EY, Central & South East Europe, a tenured senior lecturer at the University of Malta, a fellow of GREIT and member of the European Association of Tax Law Professors. In the IBFD’s 2015-2017 General Report on the Protection of Taxpayers’ Rights he was described as a well-known authority broadly experienced in the practical protection of taxpayers’ rights and a prominent member of the legal practice. Having served as a panellist at the 2015 IFA Congress he forms part of a study group of the International Law Association on the “Protection of Taxpayers’ Rights” (co-chaired by Advocate General Juliane Kokott and Pasquale Pistone) and is also a member of the Supervisory Council of the IBFD/IFA’s “Observatory on the Protection of Taxpayers’ Rights”. He has served as Visiting Professor at the University of Ferrara paying lecturing/speaking visits at Queen Mary (University of London), CTL (University of Cambridge), Salerno (with Wirtshaftsuniversitat Wien and Naples II) and the University of Palermo. The Maltese Court of Appeal has described him as a leading commentator on tax law referring to his publications in its judgements. Robert developed a detailed knowledge of tax aspects of the European Convention on Human Rights drafting submissions in cases filed against France, the Netherlands, Bulgaria and Malta. Robert is a published author on tax law publishing articles in European Taxation, EC Tax Review and the British Tax Review. He has contributed to several publications including a book published by Hart Publishing, 3 books published by the IBFD and several books published by the MIM. Philip Baker remarks that ‘Single-handedly, Robert is generating the literature which explains the structure and nuances of the system in Malta. One wishes other countries had similar authors who could write similarly enticing books to explain their tax codes.” Robert has argued most of Malta's leading tax cases including landmark judgments John Geranzi v. PM (right to justice within a reasonable time), Zahra v. PM (non bis in idem), Farrugia v. PM (taxation as a violation of the right to property) and Case 160 of 2012 (tax transparency).

Sponsors

Credit & Financial Institutions
Taxation and prevention of Money Laundering
Calendar

March 17, 2020

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Lower Ground (LG), Tower Training Centre, Swatar

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MIA Malta

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