DigiTax search menu search content DigiTax Researching the challenges and opportunities that digitalisation brings for tax DigiTax is a Centre of Excellence within the University of Antwerp researching the challenges and opportunities that digitalisation brings for tax. Research on the intersection …

DigiTax search menu search content DigiTax Researching the challenges and opportunities that digitalisation brings for tax DigiTax is a Centre of Excellence within the University of Antwerp researching the challenges and opportunities that digitalisation brings for tax. Research on the intersection …

DigiTax search menu search content About DigiTax DigiTax is a Centre of Excellence that researches the challenges and opportunities of digitalisation for tax. The research is conducted by an interdisciplinary team of supervisors and researchers with expertise ranging from legal and tax issues to bus…

DigiTax search menu search content Research of DigiTax DigiTax is a Centre of Excellence within the University of Antwerp researching the challenges and opportunities that digitalisation brings for tax. DigTax has 6 main research objectives: Taxation of digital economy Artificial intelligence and ta…

DigiTax search menu search content Members of DigiTax Supervisors Prof. dr. Bruno Peeters spokesman of the DigiTax project initiator of the DigiTax Centre of Excellence full professor at the Law Faculty of the University of Antwerp, research group Business and Law founder of Antwerp Tax Academy Prof…

DigiTax search menu search content Societal Impact Reflection Group - DigiTax DigiTax is assisted by a Societal Impact Reflection Group. This Reflection Group consists of important stakeholders of the DigiTax research, such as important officials of tax authorities, tax officials of the OECD, IMF ..…

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DigiTax search menu search content News and activities of Digitax Upcoming Digitax events Summer School Legal Technology and Legal Innovation - 25 – 29 August 2025 More information can be found here. DigiTalks Informal collaboration forum of DigiTax Researchers (monthly). More information can be f…

DigiTax search menu search content International Scientific Advisory Board of DigiTax DigiTax is assisted by an international academic advisory board. This advisory organ consists of 5 external members with international recognition in their research field. In yearly meetings this advisory board sup…

DigiTax search menu search content Presentations of Digitax members in 2022 DigiTax events and presentations of Digitax members in 2022 Forum for the future 2022 Daphne Lenders gave a presentation on Artificiële Intelligentie en fiscaal recht – mogelijkheden en risico’s! during the Virtual Cong…

DigiTax search menu search content Presentations of Digitax members in 2020 DigiTax events and presentations of Digitax members in 2020 Digital Taxation, Sustainable Investment and Green Economy Interdisciplinary workshop on December 3, 2020, president: Prof. Tarcisio Magalhaes, for invited research…

DigiTax search menu search content Presentations of Digitax members in 2021 DigiTax events and presentations of Digitax members in 2021 Cryptoassets: The taxation challenge" panel chaired by dr. Luisa Scarcella on November 10, 2021 at 2 pm CET on Hansuke's conference of the Furure of Tax. More infor…

DigiTax search menu search content Presentations of Digitax members in 2023 DigiTax events and presentations of Digitax members in 2023 Conference "Fixing the EU VAT system with technology?: Towards a contemporary, fraud-proof and legitimate VAT in the Digital Age" Alessia Tomo and David Hadwick wer…

DigiTax search menu search content DigiTax also engages in citizen science research projects. One of the DigiTax researchers, David Hadwick, has build a website to inform both academics and citizens on the first results of his research. In this first stage he mapped the use of AI tools by tax author…

DigiTax search menu search content Vacancies Researcher (predoctoral or postdoctoral) in behavioural sciences and taxation The DigiTax Centre of Excellence and the Faculty of Law are looking for a researcher (predoctoral or postdoctoral) in the field of behavioural sciences and taxation. More inform…

DigiTax search menu search content DigiTalks The mission DigiTalks aims to bring the DigiTax researchers together in an informal setting to discuss their ideas, work, and especially to test new ideas. The content The DigiTalks meetings are a forum for all, so we are glad about all requests or sugges…

DigiTax search menu search content Past activities 2024 Conference "Toward a Digital Taxpayer Bill of Rights" 2024 DigiTax co-hosted its 4th annual conference alongside the 9th international conference of the Center for Taxpayer Rights (Washington). This Conference was dedicated to the impact of the…

DigiTax search menu search content PhD Defences Forthcoming PhD defences Past PhD defences 2024 19 September 2024 - Michiel Van Roy Michiel Van Roy Supervisors: Prof. Ann Jorissen, Prof. David Martens and Prof. Anne Van de Vijver Title: Tax Disclosure: Firm’s Governance Characteristics and Utiliza…

DigiTax search menu search content Lecture Series 2021 Lecture Series 2021 - Taxpayers’ Fundamental Rights in a Digitised Society Program DigiTax Research Center presented the DigiTax Lecture Series 2021 hosted by Prof. dr. Anne Van de Vijver during 4 Tuesdays in February and March. The series exp…

DigiTax search menu search content Valuation and transparency Summary Digitalisation in combination with globalisation has not only led to new business models, but it also changed value creation processes in traditional industries. Both proper valuation of intangibles and consideration of the extern…

DigiTax search menu search content Tax administration 3.0 The challenges of a Digital Self-Taxation Model Digital conference - December 8, 2022 This conference is co-organized by the World Bank and the Prosperity Collaborative Network 2.30 p.m. | WelcomeProf. Bruno Peeters (professor in tax law, Uni…

DigiTax search menu search content Taxation of digital economy Summary What are - in view of a coherent tax design of a society - the consequences of the digitisation of the economy on the basic characteristics of existing and possibly new taxes? This research objective will investigate fundamental …

DigiTax search menu search content Lecture Series 2022-2021 Lecture Series 2022-2021 We organized lectures on Tax and Digital Transformation with the purpose of sharing practical insights and cutting edge thinking in the field. This lecture series is a joint organisation of: DigiTax, The Worldbank, …

DigiTax search menu search content "Towards Sustainable Tax Relations" A multidimensional approach Thursday, 21 December 2023 - Stadscampus, Hof van Liere Initiative of DigiTax CoE and Antwerp Tax Academy, celebrating 10 years of multidisciplinary tax research. Programme 13.30-13.45 - Opening: prof.…

DigiTax search menu search content Artificial intelligence and taxpayers' rights Summary Artificial Intelligence can improve tax administration’s efficiency. However, artificial intelligence is dependent on the availability of vast quantities of data, including personal data, which raises concerns…