Tax Stories: Life, Business & Tax

On footballWe started the conversation with.. football. One guess why the football related tax scandals occurred might be a bad choice of external tax consultants. This presents a wider problem – the tax is so complex that for ordinary people (also football players in this sense) is difficult to choose if the structure presented by a consultant is too aggressive. Tax storyThe Accountant is the movie that comes to Karl’s mind when thinking of a tax story. This made his friends wonder is a tax is

On footballWe started the conversation with.. football. One guess why the football related tax scandals occurred might be a bad choice of external tax consultants. This presents a wider problem – the tax is so complex that for ordinary people (also football players in this sense) is difficult to choose if the structure presented by a consultant is too aggressive. Tax storyThe Accountant is the movie that comes to Karl’s mind when thinking of a tax story. This made his friends wonder is a tax is

Wim shares his vision on:- how has the tax advice changed since Wim was a head of tax of a multinational company comparing to now when he is a head of a global advisory firm;  - why did he choose tax advice as a profession;  - where he sees a benefit of Tax Stories podcast;  - his book - On a Journey. A vision of International Tax Management;- what is the difference between working for a multinational company vs a global advisory firm;- and of course - WTS Global. This is a public episode. If you

How has the tax advice changed since Wim was a head of tax of a multinational company comparing to now when he is a head of a global advisory firm?The conversation started with.. my beloved John Grisham & The Firm, of course. How the non-transparent world of the times of The Firm changed to substance-over-form, transparency and data leakage. This has transformed the needs to manage the tax risks within companies – from complex rules still possible to explain to concepts now (like a fair share and a

You can hear that the guests are amazing personalities, not only top tax and business professionals. I hope that stories of the guests and sharing my experiences of over 25 years in tax consulting will help you to see the ideas of: what you as a person can do differently, how your business can be improved, what we all can do to improve tax systems in the countries we live in. We will spread the light on cultural and historical sides of taxation from all over the world. I hope to open the doors for

Bold movePhilippos did a bold move in his career three years ago. After being a tax partner in the leading law firm in Cyprus for many years he became a business consultant and coach. We spoke about his feelings and reasoning behind this jump from a stable, highly remunerated environment with a responsibility for the family with three kids into uncertainty, excitement and adventure. Philippos admits he is happier, but it’s not easier now. HappinessThen we float away from tax for a while to speak

After thinking if I could invite anyone in the world for an interview, Rita de la Feria was on the top of the list. She is among Top50 of the most influential tax people in the world by the International Tax Review magazine. So, I did not believe my eyes after I saw her reply: „To be completely honest with you, I have been refusing all similar requests.. Having said this, I would like to do this for you.“ And the hour chat with Rita turned out to be not only educating, pleasant and sometimes even

In this episode Kart Kelder, a tax expert from Estonia with education and work experience in Austria and other countries shares her views about tax issues of wealthy individuals, when a simple holding company may not be enough, is the setup needed abroad or in your own country? We also discussed cultural differences between working in the East and West, and why she prefers the East. Her studies of Art law in NY Sotheby’s Institute come handy in her daily work as well, so her favourite tax related