Paul Lasok QC to Address the Irish Tax Institute

Paul Lasok QC will be speaking to the Irish Tax Institute on Wednesday 3^rd October in Dublin.

The talk will cover recent ECJ VAT cases and their impact on how we think about VAT. Points to be addressed will include:

• Are EU law rights fault-based or can a taxpayer rely on EU law when the taxpayer has made the mistake?
• Does the ECJ judgment in Littlewoods spell the end for national statutory limits on the award of interest?
• Are national courts now obliged to award interest at commercial rates in EU law cases?
• What is an “effective” rate of interest?
• How should we look at the financial services exemptions in the light of Deutsche Bank?
• What does the recent hearing in Wheels tell us?