Impressions of the Tax Directors Meeting 2017

Some impressions from the WTS Global Tax Directors Meeting 2017 on October 25th in Miami. This year, these exciting topics were on the agenda:

Digitization & Artificial Intelligence

How real is the risk of “Superintelligence”
Automation at a new level: How AI systems analyze and comprehend information
Enactment: How AI systems take action and assist humans
The influence of AI in the financial industry / tax function

US Tax Perspectives

US Tax Reform to be or not to be? (Tax Rate Reduction, Territoriality, Dividend Repatriation)
Interest Deductability
Border Adjustment Tax
BEPS Implementation

Tax Incentives and Opportunities in Latin America

Tax incentives
Major tax trends
BEPS’ initiatives (Degree of implementation, CbC, MLI, Dispute Resolution)

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