08:30-09:00

Registration. Morning Coffee

09:00-09:20

Forum Opening. Welcoming words  

Andriy Stelmashchuk, UBA President, Managing Partner of Vasil Kisil & Partners

Tatyana Lysovets, Representative of the Exclusive General Partner of the Forum, Senior Partner of Sokolovsky & Partners

Session 1.
Panel Discussion:

Latest Changes in Taxation, Novelties, Financial Intelligence Service

09:20 – 11:00

Moderator - Vladyslav Sokolovsky, Managing Partner of Sokolovsky & Partners

Participants:

Oleksandr Shemyatkin, partner of KM Partners

Representative of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Committee on Taxation and Customs Policy (to be specified)

Representative of the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine (to be specified)

Business Ombudsman of Ukraine (invited)

Issues for discussion:

• Recent trends in tax legislation;
• Capital withdrawal tax;
• Establishment of the Financial Intelligence Service;
• Further fate of the tax militia;
• Functioning of the SES VAT;
• Zero declaration;
• Results and Prospects of the Council of the Business Ombudsman in Ukraine.

11:00-11:30

Coffee Break

Session 2.

International Tax Planning, Transfer Pricing, BEPS  

11:30 – 13:00

Moderator – TBC

11:30-11:50

Larysa Antoshchuk, Head of KPMG Tax Dispute Resolution Practice in Ukraine

Tax disputes on transfer pricing: trends and statistics of 2017 in Ukraine

11:50-12:10

Sergiy Ovcharov, Head of Practice of Investment and Business Structuring at Legitimus

Confirmation of the beneficiary's income status with source of origin from Ukraine

12:10-12:30

Andriy Reun, Head of Tax Practice at N&D

Tax disputes related to operations with a foreign element

12:30-12:50

Olga Reshetnik, Advisor at Ario Law Firm

Implementation of the BEPS Plan in Ukraine: New Challenges and Opportunities for Business

12:50-13:00

Запитання і дискусія

Lunch

13:00 – 14:00

Master Class:

How to Win a Tax Dispute with the Help of the Ombudsman's Council in Ukraine. Successful Strategies and Case Studies Analysis 

14:00 – 14:40

Participants:

Tetyana Lysovets, advocate, Senior Partner at Sokolovsky & Partners

Inspectors of the Business Ombudsman Council in Ukraine (to be specified)

Session 3.

Burning Issues of Tax Practice

14:40 – 16:10

Moderator – Oleg Vdovychen, Managing Partner at Vdovychen & Partners

14:40-15:00

Maryna Tomash, Council at Spenser & Kauffmann

ПДВ по новому: державні дотації ПДВ на зміну спецрежиму

15:00-15:20

Speaker TBC

Зупинення реєстрації податкових накладних

15:20-15:40

Speaker TBC

Практичні питання захисту у кримінальних провадженнях

15:40-16:00

Speaker TBC

Тема уточнюється

16:00-16:10

Q&A Session

16:10-16:40

Coffee Break

Session 4.

Panel Discussion on Judicial Practice

16:40 – 18:00

Moderator – TBC

Participants:

Judge of the Supreme Council (to be specified)

Judge of I instance and appellate administrative court (to be specified)

Investigating judge (to be specified) 

Practicing attorney (to be specified)

Topics for Discussion:

Session format implies communication between lawyers and judges regarding practical aspects of judicial practice.

Please send your questions till 1 September 2017 at forum@uba.ua

18:00-20:00

Vine & Brie Session