08:30-09:00

REGISTRATION. Morning Coffee.

09:00-09:20

Forum opening. Welcoming remarks.

Mykhailo Smokovych, Head of the Court of Cassation in the Supreme Court (invited)

Session 1.

PANEL DISCUSSION

"Judicial Practice in the Course of the Latest Court Practice"

09:20 – 11:00

Moderator:

Tetyana Lysovets, Chair of the UBA Tax and Customs Committee, Senior Partner at Sokolovsky & Partners

 09:20-09:25

Brief review of the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States of America of 1895 on the recognition of an unconstitutional income tax in the United States

Oleksandr Minin, Senior Partner at KM Partners

 09:25-11:00

Participants:

Mykhailo Smokovych, Head of the Court of Cassation in the Supreme Court (invited)

Raisa Khanova, Judge of the Administrative Court of Cassation at the Supreme Court

Svitlana Shelest, Deputy Head of the Kyiv Appeal Administrative Court

Sergiy Derevtsov, Deputy Director of the Department of Administrative Appeal and Judicial Support of the State Fiscal Service (invited)

Issues for discussion:

• First results of the work of the Administrative Court of Cassation at the Supreme Court;
• Constitutional complaint as a tool for resolving tax disputes;
• Representation of state interests in tax disputes;
• Formation of the law enforcement practice in tax disputes;
• High Chamber in tax disputes;
• Access to cassation appeal.

11:00-11:30

Coffee Break

Session 2.

International Experience in Taxation

11:30 – 13:30

Moderator :

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

11:30-11:50

Andriy Reun, Evris Tax Practice Director at Evris

Trends in tax disputes in other states. What to prepare for?

11:50-12:10

Natalia Blazhivska, judge of the Second Chamber of the Higher Administrative Court of Ukraine

The practice of the ECHR in resolving tax disputes

12:10-12:30

SergiyOvcharov, Counsel on investment and business structuring at  Legitimus  

Exchange of financial information for tax purposes. What you need to know?

12:30-12:50

Topic TBC

Speaker TBC

12:50-13:00

Q&A Session

Lunch

13:00 – 14:00

Blitz Interviews on Recent Trends in Tax Law

14:00 – 14:40

Moderator  –  Vladyslav Sokolovsky, Managing Partner of Sokolovsky & Partners

Speaker:

Representative of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Taxation and Customs Policy

Issues for discussion:

• Introduction of Exit Capital Tax
• Liquidation of Tax Police
• Establishment of Financial Security Service

Session 3.

TopicalTaxIssues

14:40 – 16:10

Moderator :

Оleg Vdovychen, Managing Partner at Vdovychen & Partners

14:40-15:00

NataliaShvets, Associate at Ario Law Firm, Tax Consultant

Protection of taxpayers in criminal proceedings. The Ombudsman Council, as an additional tool for protecting taxpayers

15:00-15:20

Maryna Tomash, council, tax expert at Ader Haber

Tax on withdrawn capital - operations with non-residents

15:20-15:40

Iryna Narayevska, Chair of the Public Council at the Main Department of State Fiscal Service in Kyiv, Managing Partner at NILOS

Public councils at the SFS as a tool for resolving tax disputes

15:40-16:00

Vasyl Andrusyak, Head of Tax Law Practice at MORIS GROUP

Problems and prospects of currency control in Ukraine

16:00-16:10

Q&A Session

16:10 – 16:40

Coffee Break

Session 4.

PANELDISCUSSION

RecentCourtPractice. Application of New Procedural Codes

16:40 – 18:00

Moderator :

Аnton Polyanychko, Head of the Scientific Council of the Association of Tax Advisers (invited)

The format of the session involves interaction between tax lawyers with judges on the practical aspects of judicial practice.

Please send your questions by September 07, 2018 to the email address: forum@uba.ua (questions should not touch specific cases)

The author of the most sophisticated question will receive a free ticket to the next forum!

Participants:

Valentina Yurchenko, Judge of the Court of Administrative Cassation at the Supreme Court (invited)

Igor Olender, Judge of the Court of Administrative Cassation at the Supreme Court

OleksiySelyukov, Judge of the Solomyansky District Court of Kyiv

Roman Bregey, Judge of the Kirovohrad Regional Administrative Court

Volodymyr Donets, Judge of the Kyiv District Administrative Court

Law firm representative - practicing lawyer (TBC)

Issues for discussion: 

• Lawfulness of imposing an arrest on VAT accounts;
• Should there be a proof of guilt when applying SFS financial sanctions?
• Objections to planned inspection orders adopted ad hoc;
• Investigation judges review of the requests by tax police investigators, prosecutors;
• The latest practice of abolishing tax  assessment notice;
• Disputes with customs authorities.

18:00-20:00

Evening Reception