First experiences and prospects of the Cooperative Compliance Programme
Mutual trust, understanding and transparency.
First experiences and prospects of the
Cooperative Compliance Programme
Kozminski University with the European Commission (DG Reform, TAIEX-TSI) and with the Ministry of Finance Republic of Poland are pleased to invite you to a conference:
Mutual trust, understanding and transparency. First experiences and prospects of the Cooperative Compliance Programme
On July 1, 2020, the Polish National Revenue Administration (NRA) has launched a pilot Cooperative Compliance Programme for large taxpayers in Poland.
The Cooperative Compliance Programme is a form of cooperation between the National Revenue Administration and large entities (50 mln EUR), based on mutual - trust, - understanding, - transparency beyond statutory obligations.
The Cooperation Program seeks to transform the relationship between the revenue authority and its large business taxpayers with the aim to create a better enabling environment for economic growth and faster legal certainty to improve taxpayers’ compliance.
The conference will be dedicated to summarizing the evaluation of the Cooperation Compliance Programme (CCP) pilot phase, as well as outlining the directions for the future development of this program.
PILOT COOPERATIVE COMPLIANCE PROGRAMME EVALUATION
Kozminski University - as an independent research institution - conducted an evaluation of the Cooperation Compliance Programme (CCP) pilot on behalf of the European Commission from 2021 to 2023.
The evaluation of the Cooperation Compliance Programme (CCP) project was funded by the European Union via the Technical Support Instrument, managed by the European Commission Directorate General for Structural Reform Support. The Beneficiary of the Project is the Polish Ministry of Finance
The Report presented during the event was produced with the financial support of the European Union. Its contents are the sole responsibility of the authors. The views expressed herein can in no way be taken to reflect the official opinion of the European Union.
Objectives: Building on the ongoing internal work of the NRA, the objective of the project is to create a monitoring framework to allow for formative and ex-post evaluation at the end of the pilot and to feed lessons learnt and recommendations for improvements for full roll out of the Cooperation Programme.
Main activities:
- 3 formative evaluations in the course of the pilot phase of the Cooperation Programme,
- the final summative (ex-post) evaluation,
- mixed method approach to each of the four planned studies:
- qualitative interviews (IDI; Individual In-depth Interviews), - CAWI surveys (Computer-Assisted Web Interview), - an analysis of key performance data, - workshops.
- areas to be assessed in the evaluation process:
- regulation of tax obligations („hard facts”), - relations between tax administration and large companies taking part in the cooperation program (surveys, IDI’s, workshops), - implementation of the pilot Cooperation Program (IDIs, surveys, SWOT analysis, workshops)
SPEAKERS
ABOUT CONFERENCE
PARTICIPATION OPTIONS:
• in-person participation at Kozminski University in Warsaw, • streaming of the event (passive participation).
CONFERENCE LANGUAGE: • sessions 1 & 2 will be held in Polish (on-spot participants will have the option of simultaneous translation into English), • session 3 will be held in English (on-spot participants will have the option of simultaneous translation into Polish).
CONFERENCE AGENDA
• 9:40 Arrival of participants [for onsite participation] – Connections of participants, technical verifications [for online participation]
• 10:00 – 10:20 Conference opening by: prof. Grzegorz Mazurek (Rector of Kozminski University) Anna Sobierajska - Sokół (Director of the Department for Large Business, Ministry of Finance) Gillian Smith (Policy Officer, the Directorate-General for Structural Reform, Komisja Europejska)
Presentations session 1: • 10:20 – 10:40 Facts about the "Cooperative Compliance Programme" in Poland. Anna Sobierajska - Sokół (Director of the Department for Large Business, Ministry of Finance) • 10:40 – 11:20 Evaluation of the "Cooperative Compliance Programme" in Poland – Part 1 dr Sabina Kołodziej (Kozminski University) dr Łukasz Markiewicz (Kozminski University)
• 11:20 – 11:40 Coffee break
Presentations session 2: • 11:40 – 12.20 Evaluation of the "Cooperative Compliance Programme" in Poland – part 2 prof. Aneta Hryckiewicz-Gontarczyk (Kozminski University) dr Olha Zadorozhna (Kozminski University)
Discussion panel 1: • 12:20 – 13:10 First-Hand Experiences - Representatives of Companies with signed agreement (Cooperative Compliance Programme): Moderator: Pilewski Piotr, economic and financial press journalist Panelist: • Barbara Fazan (Budimex S.A.) • Lidia Jułga (POLOmarket Sp. z o.o.) • Mariusz Kaczmarek (Cedrob S.A) • Łukasz Żak (Philip Morris Polska Distribution Sp. z o.o.)
• 13:10 – 14:30 Lunch
Presentations session 3: • 14:30 – 15:00 The Future of the "Cooperative Compliance Programme" in Poland Joanna Makarowska (Deputy Director of the Department for Large Business, Ministry of Finance)
Discussion panel 2: • 15:00 – 15:50 Bridge between theory and practice. Overcoming barriers and direction of change Moderator: Pilewski Piotr, economic and financial press journalist Panelist: • Anna Sobierajska – Sokół (Department for Large Business, Ministry of Finance) • Joanna Makarowska (Department for Large Business, Ministry of Finance) • Dorota Bokszczanin (PWC) • Michał Borowski (CRIDO) • Michał Goj (EY Tax)
• 15:50 – 16:10 Coffee break
Presentations session 4: "Cooperative Compliance Programme" in the European Context • 16:10 – 16:25 Multilateral Cooperative Compliance: Enhancing Tax Certainty across the borders Timoleon Angelos Christodoulopoulos (Vienna University of Economics and Business) • 16:25 – 16:40 Tax Control Framework: An essential feature to provide a justified trust between tax administration and taxpayer in the cooperative compliance approach Daniel Simon Dallhammer (Vienna University of Economics and Business) • 16:40 – 17:00 The role of effective communication Katleen Den Roover (Belgian National Revenue Administration) Kristel Van den Broeck (Belgian National Revenue Administration) • 17:00 – 17:10 Q&A session
Conference closing • 17:10 Closing remarks by Gillian Smith (the Directorate-General for Structural Reform, European Commission)
REGISTRATION & TERMS OF PARTICIPATION
The conference was partially funded by the European Union via the Technical Support Instrument, managed by the European Commission Directorate General for Structural Reform Support. The Beneficiary of the Project is the Polish Ministry of Finance.
Thanks to the suport of TAIEX (Technical Assistance and Information Exchange instrument of the European Commission) participation in the event is free of charge for attendees registered before Friday, 19 January 2024. Lunch and refreshments will be provided on the day at no cost, though registration is limited. Therefore, we encourage early registration.
TRANSPORTATION AND ACCOMMODATION
Participants attending in person are invited to the Kozminski University Auditorium, Building C (Street Jagiellońska 57/59, 03-301 Warsaw).
A map of how to get there can be found here.
Directions: • trams 18 and 20, as well as bus line 509 (Batalionu Platerówek stop). • by car: free parking is available for guests.
For participants from outside Warsaw, we recommend staying in hotels.
Accommodation costs are the responsibility of the participants.
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