Seminars

Sergio André spoke about the tax aspects of the sharing economy during the VII International Tax Congress organized by the Brazilian Institute of Tax Law at the University of São Paulo. To view Sergio André’s presentation click here.

Renata Fagundes and Sergio André Rocha organized the Second CEAD Seminar on Taxation and Accounting. In addition to presentations by Sergio André, the seminar included the participation of Edson Teixer (Irko), Elidie Bifano (IBDT), Marcio Roberto Oliveira (EY), Julio Chamarelli (KPMG) and Mário Nascimento (Deloitte). The presentations used in this seminar can be viewed (in Portuguese) here (presentation 1 / presentation 2).

Sergio André took part in the internal seminar organized by the Tax Court in Rio de Janeiro (“Delegacia da Receita Federal de Julgamento”). The focus of the seminar was international taxation topics, such as transfer pricing, CFC rules, royalty payments, etc. During the event aspects related to the new taxation of the oil and gas sector were also discussed. We are making available in this link one of the presentations used in this event (in Portuguese).

On May 16 Sergio André spoke at the seminar “New Trends in the Common Law: Precedent, Taxation, Regulation”, held at the University of London. He joined Raffaele Petruzzi and Sol Picciotto on the panel on “Transfer Pricing in Post BEPS Era”, which was chaired by Marcelo Ilarraz. Sergio André’s presentation is available here.

On May 11 Sergio André delivered a lecture on “The Concept of Virtual Permanent Establishment and its Impact on International Treaties”  at FGV Direito SP. To view the presentation (in Portuguese) click here.

On April 26, Sergio André spoke during the second seminar “Controversial Topics at CARF”. The topic of the presentation was taxation of cost-sharing agreements, with focus of the tax treatment of remittances to non-residents. The seminar was coordinated by the Special Commission on Tax Affairs of the Rio de Janeiro chapter of the Bar Association. Several CARF (administrative tax court) members participated in the seminar. To view the presentation (in Portuguese), click here.

Sergio André spoke in the first 2018 meeting of GDT-Rio. The topic of the lecture was “Taxation, accounting and the New Rules for Revenue Recognition”. To view the presentation (in Portuguese), click here.

On February 28 and March 01, CNI (Brazil’s National Industries’ Confederation), Brazil’s Tax Office and the OECD organized a meeting in Brasilia (Brazil’s capital). On the agenda the possible convergence between Brazil’s transfer pricing rules and OECD standards. Sergio André Rocha was one of the three academics invited to speak during this seminar, together with professors Luís Eduardo Schoueri and Heleno Tôrres.

Sergio André Rocha coordinated a seminar with the Center for Applied Studies in Law covering Normative Instructions No. 1,778/2017, No. 1,780/2017, and No. 1,781/2017, which regulated Law No. 13,586/2017. This law brought new tax rules that apply to the oil and gas sector. André Carvalho (Veirano), Gustavo Braga (L.O.Baptista – Schmidt, Valois, Miranda, Ferreira, Agel Advogados), Márcio Roberto Oliveira (EY), and Mário Nascimento (Deloitte) spoke during the seminar.

On January 23, 2017, Sergio André was at the University of Amsterdam for his annual lecture at the LL.M. program organized by UvA and IBFD. The topic of the lecture was “Selected tax treaty provisions and Impact of BEPS on BRICS and developing countries”. To view the presentation used during the class click here.