Tilburg University and China-EU School of Law intensify dialogue on tax law

5 April 2018, by Internetredaktion

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Knows about taxes: Dr Gerard Staats, Assistant Professor at Tilburg University and Senior Manager at the tax consultancy firm BDO International

The China-EU School of Law and the Dutch Tilburg University have renewed their collaboration on tax law research and teaching. Scholars, practitioners and students intensively shed light on Chinese and Dutch tax law at a workshop on 2 April in Changping.

"In the global battle on economic competitiveness, tax law codes rather become more important, also in China," Prof. Shi Zhengwen, Professor of Tax Law and the Director of the Center for Fiscal and Tax Law Research at the China University of Political Science and Law, pointed out in the opening. Prof. Shi and Associate Professor Weng Wuyao introduced the audience of around 40 to the Chinese tax system. Dr Gerard Staats, Assistant Professor at Tilburg University and Senior Manager at the tax consultancy firm BDO International, and Esther Bakker, LL.M., Tilburg University Lecturer in Law and a former Ernst & Young consultant specializing in indirect tax systems, explained the Dutch system. They also presented the master's programme in Tax Law at Tilburg University and encourged Chinese students to apply for it. Assistant Professor Monika Prusinowska and Dr Zhao Tianshu explained how the China-EU School of Law promotes China-EU legal dialogue on tax law within its study and research programmes.