Company: VAT FORUM cv
Job Title: President VAT Forum cv
Address: Prinsenstraat 40, 1850, Grimbergen
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.vatforum.com
Prof. Patrick Wille is the President of VAT Forum cv, an international partnership of indirect tax specialists. VAT Forum consists of partners, associates and members.
He was a tax officer from 1978 to 1983 with the Belgian VAT Administration, where he was an inspector and VAT collector. In 1984 he joined Coopers & Lybrand where he became a tax director and was the driving force in creating the Brussels VAT department. He took care of the organisation of international VAT courses in his function as European course co-ordinator.
He is the founder of The VAT House nv (1997), VAT Forum cv (1999) and VAT Applications nv (2000).
He was a professor at the Universities of Brussels and Ghent and at the ‘Fiscale Hogeschool’
He is a frequent speaker at Belgian and European VAT seminars, author of various articles in taxation magazines and newspapers, and co-author of various books.
He is a member of the editorial board of the International VAT Monitor (IBFD).