On 22 and 23 February 2011, the 6th Liechtenstein Tax Conference took place at the University of Liechtenstein under the guidance of Professor Martin Wenz.
On 22 and 23 February 2011, the 6th Liechtenstein Tax Conference took place at the University of Liechtenstein under the guidance of Professor Martin Wenz.
The opening speech was held by His Serene Highness Prince Nikolaus von und zu Liechtenstein, who gave an interim assessment of the new direction of Liechtenstein as a tax location. Professor Martin Wenz, Chair for Tax Management and the Laws of Liechtenstein and International Taxation at the University of Liechtenstein, explained the goals, strategy and concept of the Liechtenstein tax reform. Together with Dr. Alexander Linn, MBR, StB, Deloitte Munich and assistant professor at the University of Liechtenstein, he also spoke about taxation of individuals. In her presentation, Dr. Tanja Kirn, assistant professor at the University of Liechtenstein, explained the tax revenue and distributional effects of the Liechtenstein tax reform.
Bernhard Büchel, Economist FH and certified auditor, Head of Legal Entities and Deputy Director of the Liechtenstein Tax Administration, and MMag. Dr. Patrick Knörzer, assistant professor at the University of Liechtenstein, also dealt with the taxation of asset transfer. The focus of the presentation by Lic. oec. Marco Felder, MBL HSG, Head of the Liechtenstein Tax Administration, and Dr. Thomas Nigg, RA, from Ernst Nigg Treuhand- und Verwaltungsanstalt, was procedural law and criminal tax law. In a further speech, Professor Martin Wenz, Bernhard Büchel and Heinz Nett, Head of Corporate Tax at Hilti AG, Schaan, discussed the taxation of legal entities. Furthermore, Dr. Patrick Knörzer and Dr. Alexander Linn carried out a comprehensive analysis of national and international loss offsetting of legal entities. The closing speech by Dr. Urs Gähwiler, RA, Head of Tax at LGT Group, Vaduz, Dr. Thomas Nigg and Professor Martin Wenz covered the taxation of asset structures and financial instruments.
The Liechtenstein Tax Conference is conceived as an event for corporate, banking, tax consulting, trust, insurance, administration and consulting practice, where the speakers are experts from science, practice and tax administration, who – as members of the Working Group for Tax Reform – have been involved in the formation of the new tax legislation.