Balancing Digital Taxes and Geopolitics: The European Dilemma


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Date:
13 August 2025, Wednesday

Time:
03.00 - 04.30PM
Venue:
Revenue House Auditorium,
Level 5,
55 Newton Road

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Programme Synopsis

Join in for an insightful seminar with Dr. Leopoldo Parada as he examines "Balancing Digital Taxes and Geopolitics: The European Dilemma".

While current geopolitical complexities have led many to dismiss the possibility of an EU-wide Digital Services Tax (DST), Dr. Parada will explore whether this option remains viable through a balanced, four-pronged approach that includes a clear commitment to international frameworks or a complete depart from them, an EU-wide coordination that avoids discriminatory pitfalls, and the use of strategic diplomacy.
 
Dr. Parada will also analyse the feasibility of using Europe’s Value Added Tax (VAT) system as a superior alternative to an EU-wide DST. Despite certain limitations in B2B contexts and redistributive effects, Dr Parada argues that VAT offers compelling advantages over a DST through its non-discriminatory nature, existing harmonisation across Europe, and trade neutrality.

Explore these critical options shaping Europe's digital taxation landscape at this session by the Tax Academy of Singapore!

Programme Outline

A Highlight of Key Areas:
  • Introduction
  • The evolution of DSTs in Europe
  • Tariff Tensions and the Feasibility of an ‘EU-Wide DST’
  • Broadening Europe’s Path Forward: Can EU VAT be the ‘hidden gem’?
  • Final remarks
  • Q&A

About the Presenter(s)/ Trainer(s)


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Dr Leopoldo Parada
Reader in Tax Law
The Dickson Poon School of Law, King's College London


Dr Leopoldo Parada, LLM, PhD, is a Reader in Tax Law at King’s College London in the UK. Previously he was an Associate Professor in Tax Law and Director of the Centre for Business Law and Practice (CBLP) at the University of Leeds School of Law. In the past, he also held academic positions in Italy, Germany, and the Netherlands. Dr Parada also works as a tax policy advisor for different governments and international organisations around the world and has participated in different legislative tax reforms worldwide, including most recently the introduction of interest limitation rules in Indonesia and the OECD Pillar 2 in Curaçao. His research focuses primarily on the international implications of BEPS, the application of tax treaties, and the European and international tax implications of the digitalisation of the economy.

Dr Parada is the author of several books and academic articles, and he is also a regular speaker at specialised conferences around the world, including specialised media outlets both within and outside the UK. Most notably, his academic work has been cited by the US Congressional Research Service and by the EU Advocate General in his opinion on the CJEU case C-342/20 related to investment funds in Finland. He has also collaborated with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) in important investigations related to tax avoidance, including the recent “Pandora Papers” in 2021. In 2020, Dr Parada was recognised by the "TaxCOOP 35 Leaders of the Future in Taxation" (Canada) as one of the most promising tax policy experts worldwide.








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