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Tax evenings

From 2016 the Serbian Fiscal Society in cooperation with the University of Belgrade Faculty of Law organizes the Tax Law Seminar (Tax Evenings). The goal of Tax Evenings is to dedicate ourselves every month to a particular tax law topic. With respect to the structure of Tax Evenings, a selected presenter first provides the audience with his/hers thoughts on the subject of the particular Tax Evening, followed with input statements by panel members. Members of the Tax Evenings audience are also free to raise questions. Tax Evenings are open to the public.

Twenty-seventh Tax Evening, 7 November 2019

Proposed set of changes to tax laws

Our speakers at the XXVII Tax Evening were:

  • Dragan Demirović, Assistant to the Minister of Finance for the fiscal system
  • Marijan Blesić, Manager of the Group for tax procedure and tax administration
  • Jelena Dragojlović, Independent advisor in the Sector for property tax
  • Biljana Mirić-Bogdanović, Independent advisor in the Sector for corporate income tax
  • Biljana Baucal-Rajić, Independent advisor in the Sector for personal income tax and social security contributions

Twenty-sixth Tax Evening, 31 May 2019

Tax incentives for attracting digital nomads, repatriates and foreigners wishing to move to Serbia

Our speakers at the XXVI Tax Evening were students of the University of Belgrade Faculty of Law who drafted the presented tax incentives, with the help of their professors, within the elective International Tax Treaties Law course.

Twenty-fifth Tax Evening, 26 March 2019

New Law on Charges

Our speakers at the XXV Tax Evening were:  Prof. Dr. Milica Bisić (FEFA-KPMG), Nikola Tabaković (KPMG) and Marko Đurić (KPMG).

Twenty fourth Tax Evening, 30 January 2019

Challenges of the digital economy for international taxing in Serbia and the world

Our speakers at the XXIV Tax Evening were:

  • Doc. Dr. Svetislav V. Kostić (University of Belgrade Faculty of Law)
  • Nebojša Jovanović, LL.M Delloitte

Twenty third Tax Evening, 26 November 2018

Public debate regarding the proposed changes and amendments of the Law on personal income tax

Our speakers at the XXIII Tax Evening were:

  • Dr. Dragan Demirović, assistant to the Minister for the fiscal system, and
  • Slobodanka Kolundžija, LL.M, manager Deloitte.

Twenty second Tax Evening, 13 November 2018

Public debate regarding the proposed changes and amendments of the Law on corporate income tax

Our speakers at the XXII Tax Evening were:

  • Dr. Dragan Demirović, assistant to the Minister for the fiscal system, and
  • Dejan Mraković, LL.M, tax partner Deloitte.

Twenty first Tax Evening, 8 May 2018

Open issues within with area of personal income taxation, with a special focus on the following questions:

  • the constitutionality of tax incentives in the area of salary tax and mandatory social security contributions,
  • the “substantive” or “actual” salary payers to foreigners seconded to work in Serbia, and
  • the IT sector and differentiating between an employee and an independent service provider.

Our speakers at the XXI Tax Evening were:

  • Doc. Dr. Svetislav V. Kostić (University of Belgrade Faculty of Law)
  • Dejan Mraković, LL.M (Deloitte)

Twentieth Tax Evening, 28 March 2018

Corporate Income Tax and the Financial Reporting Standards

Our speakers at the XXI Tax Evening were:

  •  mr Dragan Drača (PwC)
  • Dragan Obradović (Unicredit Bank)
  • Nikola Jeremić (KPMG).

Nineteenth Tax Evening, 21 February 2018

Tax Morale, Risk and Abuse

Our speaker at the XIX Tax Evening was Diego Quiñones from the University of Oxford.

The XIX Tax Evening was held in English only, while this is the first Tax Evening which was recorded and is available online.

Eighteenth Tax Evening, 25 January 2018

VAT treatment of transactions between a branch and its headquarter

Our speakers at the XVIII Tax Evening were:

  • Biljana Bujić, Partner, KPMG
  • Dr. Miloš Milošević, University of Belgrade Faculty of Law
  • Filip Kovačević, LL.M, Senior Manager, Deloitte

Seventeenth Tax Evening, 08. December 2017

The consequences which the opening of the tax chapter in EU accession negotiations will have on the Serbian tax system

Our speakers at the XVII Tax Evening were:

  • Prof. Dr. Dejan Popovć, University of Belgrade Faculty of Law,
  • Prof. Dr. Savina Mihajlova, University of Sofia – St. Kliment Ohridski Faculty of Law,
  • Valentin Savov, Partner at the Law office Savov & Partners from Sofia and President of IFA Bulgaria.

Sixteenth Tax Evening, 30 November 2017

Tax criminal offence of the unlawful supply of excise goods from Art. 176 of the Tax Procedure and Tax Administration Act

Our speakers at the XVI Tax Evening were:

  • Prof. Dr. Gordana Ilić-Popov, full professor at the University of Belgrade Faculty of Law,
  • Tijana Matarugić, senior prosecutor associate at the First Basic Public Prosecutor’s Office in Belgrade.

Fifteenth Tax Evening, 27 October 2017

BEPS Action Plan and its implications on transfer pricing legislation, both globally and in Serbia.

Our speakers at the XV Tax Evening were:

  • Raffaele Petruzzi, Managing Director of the WU Transfer Pricing Center at the Institute for Austrian and International Tax Law (WU, Vienna),
  • Jelena Miljković, Senior Manager, KPMG,
  • Dr. Svetislav V. Kostić, University of Belgrade Faculty of Law.

The XV Tax Evening was our first Tax Evening to be held in English only.

Fourteenth Tax Evening, 26 May 2017

Our XIV Tax Evening was dedicated to the presentation of the new elective course at the University of Belgrade Faculty of Law – International Tax Treaty Law.

18 undergraduate students of the Faculty of Law (attending the last, VIII, semester) had two classes on international tax treaty law every week taught only in English by Doc. Dr.  Svetislav V. Kostić.  They had to learn how to use, as their basic tool of trade, the OECD Model Convention and its Commentary.  Students were divided into 5 groups which were each provided with a highly challenging tax case.

A mentor was assigned to each group whose task was to assist them in mastering the case and teach them how to properly draft legal memoranda.

The mentors were:

1. Tanja Unguran, LL.M, Partner of the Law firm Mihaj, Ilić, Milanović

2. Dejan Mraković, LL.M, Director, Deloitte

3. Stefan Strovjanovski, Executive Director, E&Y

4. Nenad Nešovanović, Director, KPMG

5. Nenad Nešovanović, Director, KPMG

In addition to the basic lectures and mentorship package, the students had the opportunity to attend an excellent seminar given by Doc. Dr. Bojana Čučković on the relationship between domestic and international law, and the monist and dualist theories.  The seminar was held in English.

Finally, thanks to PwC Academy the students were provided with a six hours Finance for non-finance course.

Thirteenth Tax Evening, 4 May 2017

The Jurisprudence of the ECHR in the Area of Taxation

  • Lecturers: Dr. Bosa Nenadić, former President of the Serbian Constitutional Court , Prof. Dr. Tanasije Marinković (University of Belgrade Faculty of Law) and Doc. Dr. Svetislav V. Kostić (University of Belgrade Faculty of Law).

Twelfth Tax Evening, 30 March 2017

Issues in the application of the provisions of the Personal Income Tax Law

  • Lecturers: mr Dragan Drača (PwC), Gordana Zekić (KMPG), Dejan Mraković, LL.M (Deloitte)

Eleventh Tax Evening, 28. February 2017

The Tax System, Tax Morality and the Shadow Economy

  • Lecturers – Prof. Dr. Milojko Arsić (University of Belgrade Faculty of Economics), Prof. Dr. Milica Bisić (FEFA / KPMG), Doc. Dr. Saša Ranđelović (University of Belgrade Faculty of Economics)

Tenth Tax Evening, 25. January 2017

The tax treatment of write-offs of receivables

  • Lecturers – Dragan Obradović (Unicredit Bank), Jelena Miljković (KPMG), Saša Todorović (PwC)

Ninth Tax Evening, 23. December 2016

The place of supply of services in the value added tax system

  • Lecturers – Doc. Dr. Miloš Milošević, University of Belgrade Faculty of Law, Filip Kovačević, LL.M, Deloitte

Eight Tax Evening – 30. November 2016

The Crime of Tax Evasion

  • Lecturers– Prof. Dr. Milan Škulić, University of Belgrade Faculty of Law, Dr. Goran Ilić, Deputy State Prosecutor and an elected member of the State Prosecutor’s Council, Tanja Unguran, LL.M, Karanović & Nikolić

Seventh Tax Evening – 23. June 2016

The Substance Over Form Principle in Serbian Tax Law

  • Lecturers – Prof. Dr. Dejan Popović, University of Belgrade Faculty of Law, Doc. Dr. Svetislav V. Kostić, University of Belgrade Faculty of Law.

download the presentation here

Sixth Tax Evening – 23. June 2016

The Serbian Tax System – Challenges Ahead

  • Lecturers – Prof. Dr. Pavle Petrović, Fiscal Council of the Republic of Serbia/University of Belgrade Faculty of Economics, Prof. Dr. Milica Bisić, KPMG/FEFA, Doc. Dr. Svetislav V. Kostić, University of Belgrade Faculty of Law

Fifth Tax Evening – 31. May 2016

Annual Personal Income Tax

  • Lecturers – Prof. Dr. Dejan Popović, University of Belgrade Faculty of Law, Dr. Nikola Altiparmakov, Fiscal Council of the Republic of Serbia

Fourth Tax Evening – 26. April 2016

VAT-Application of the Reverse Charge Mechanism in the Construction Industry

  • Lecturers – Doc. Dr. Miloš Milošević, LL.M., University of Belgrade Faculty of Law, and Filip Kovačević, LL.M., Deloitte.
  • Panel:  Biljana Bujić, KPMG, Ivana Rotim, TPA Horwath and Julijana Avramović, PwC.

Third Tax Evening – 31. March 2016

Withholding Taxation of Nonresidents Income in Serbia

  • Lecturer – Dejan Mraković, LL.M., Deloitte.
  • Panel:  Dr. Dragan Demirović, lawyer; Jelena Miljković, KPMG; Doc. Dr. Svetislav V. Kostić, University of Belgrade Faculty of Law/Deloitte.

Second Tax Evening – 25. February 2016

PE taxation

  • Lecturer – Doc. Dr. Svetislav V. Kostić, University of Belgrade Faculty of Law/Deloitte.
  • Panel: Tanja Unguran, Karanović & Nikolić, Dragan Drača, PwC and Nenad Nešovanović, KPMG.

First Tax Evening – 28. January 2016

VAT Registration of Foreign Persons in Serbia – Serbian Rules and Comparative Practice, the Effects of New Rules and Practical Issues

  • Lecturer – Biljana Bujić, KPMG.
  • Panel: Doc. Dr. Miloš Milošević, University of Belgrade Faculty of Law, and Filip Kovačević, LL.M, Deloitte.