SANEC Knowledge Tour

SANEC Knowledge Tour

Type: Seminar

Date: 11-05-2016

Location: Rotterdam / The Netherlands

INVITATION
SANEC Knowledge Tour
International Tax and regulations
11 May 2016

 

Dear valued member and associate,


SANEC invites you to the SANEC Knowledge Tour 2016 to be held at the PwC offices in Rotterdam on the 11thof May 2016. This years Knowledge Tour will deal with an important topic which all Businesses need to deal with when trading and exploring opportunities in Southern Africa: Investment Platform for investment and Business opportunities in SADC Region - International Tax rules and regulations. The Knowledge Tour will introduce you to challenges, success factors and insight tools you will find beneficial for understanding the business environment in the SADC Region, focusing on examples from commercial activities in South Africa.

 

Mr. Albert Elzinga (Director, Africa Desk at PwC),  and our Member Tax experts; Mr. Jens Langendorff(Langerdorff Tax Consultancy) and Mr. Dieter Prinsloo (Arch Legal Management) who together combine years of Taxation, international and national legal matters for clients looking to enter international Markets as well as present consultancy and advisory  expertise that can benefit all looking to do business in the mentioned region .

 
The presentations will focus on topics such as BBBEE (Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment) and its implications for you to do business in South Africa; With-holding tax and repatriation planning; Managing global tax rate and tax positions, New developments in laws and regulations affecting businesses in the South African region, how to set up business in South Africa and the Netherlands Export expenses (exemplified case study: South African companies looking to invest in europe and looking at the Netherlands as a safe tax haven. We will also have a Dutch company as a success factor to present on their activities in South Africa to offer an interpretation on their business activities.

Mr. Erik Kleine, Current Director Business Development at VOPAK EMEA B.V and former Managing Director at VOPAK South Africa, will be doing a presentation on the success, opportunities and challenges present whilst doing business in South Africa. He will elaborate on VOPAKs activities in Durban and touch upon subjects such as BBBEE, etc.

 
The SANEC Knowledge Tour will be followed by our a Business Cocktail sponsored by our board member, Price Waterhouse Cooper. This is a great opportunity to network, meet new members and of course expand your business contacts.


 Programme 

14.30-15:00: Arrival of Guests 
15:00-15:10: Welcome by General Manager SANEC Mark Agterdenbosch 
15:10-15:30: Albert Elzinga- An insight into International Tax structuring for Multinational companies: A Lesson for SME’s.
15:30-15:50: Dieter Prinsloo- A look at South African BBBEE laws and Exchange controls. 
16:10-16:20 Erik Kleine VOPAK - Succes in Doing Business in South Afrika
16:20-16:40: Jens Langendorff: Introduction to International Tax Laws and Regulations.
16:40-17:00 Preliminary session/Question and answer session with participants
17:00-18.00 Close of Knowledge Tour and Member in Business Cocktail



Details
Date 11 May 2016
Fee:  Members: Free
  Candidate members: 75 Euros
Venue: Pricewaterhouse Coopers Services B.V
  Fascinatio Boulevard 350
  3065 WB Rotterdam
  Netherlands
 
Parking: Available (Please email License plate numbers if you are coming by car)
Registration: Starts 25 April 2016 – ends 9 May 2016
 
SANEC would like to urge our participants during the registration, to address any questions they may have and to highlight which other countries in the Southern African region (besides South Africa) they are interested in to do business with. Please send emails to [email protected]. For any additional information, you may contact [email protected]