10th REGIONAL TAX CONFERENCE, April 15th, 2015 Organized by AmChams of CEE (Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovak Republic) hosted by AmCham Hungary in Budapest DRAFT AS OF MARCH 17 08:30-09:00 Registration and welcome coffee 09:00-09:05 Opening Remarks by Ferenc Pongrácz, President, AmCham Hungary 09:05-09:10 Official Opening by Botond Rencz, Tax Committee Chair, AmCham Hungary 09:10-09:25 “Competitiveness, regulation, economic development”, keynote speech by Béla Glattfelder, Minister of State for Economic Regulation , Ministry for National Economy (invited) 09:25-09:45 “Challenges in projecting tax revenues for governments; new initiatives and experiences against VAT evasion in Hungary” by Zoltán Pankucsi, Deputy Secretary of State, Ministry for National Economy (confirmed) 09:45-10:45 The Governments’ View - Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (and any other “hot issues”) Panelists:  Zoltán Pankucsi, Deputy Secretary of State, Ministry for National Economy (confirmed)  Ing. Radko Kuruc Phd., State Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of the Slovak Republic (invited)  Director Martin Janeček, General Financial Directorate, Czech Republic (invited)  Representative of the Government of Poland Moderator: Botond Rencz, Partner, Head of Tax, EY; Chair of the Tax Committee, AmCham Hungary Q&A session 10:45-11:15 Coffee Break 11:15-12:15 The Business Sector’s View on Base Erosion and Profit Shifting Panelists to be confirmed. Moderator: Representative of Ryan Tax Services Q&A session 12:15-13:30 Lunch Break 13:30-13:50 Global / EU Economic Outlook, speaker to be confirmed 13:50-14:50 EU VAT Developments EU Commission update; ECJ – major VAT cases; VAT Fraud, a society issue – striking the right balance – practical issues and best practices across the EU Panelists:  Julia Humphris, Global Indirect Tax Planning Lead, IBM  Ben Terra, Professor at Universities of Amsterdam and Lund  Donato Raponi, Head of the VAT Unit, European Commission (to be confirmed) Moderator: Karl-Heinz Haydl, Global VAT/GST Leader Technical & Policy, GE Corporate Q&A session 1 14:50-15:50 Regional tax directors’ experiences Panelists:  Zoran Dautovic, Head of Group Tax Planning, MOL Group  Company Representatives to be confirmed Moderator to be confirmed. Q&A session 15:50-16:05 Summary and closing remarks by Farkas Bársony, Managing Director, GE Hungary 16:05-17:15 Cocktail Reception 2