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Seminar leader Susanne Schreiber looks back on the successful M&A tax seminar on March 21, 2024.

Seminar leader Peter Mäusli-Allenspach looks back on two successful days in Bad Ragaz.

On Tuesday, October 31, 2023, the ISIS seminar "Structuring private assets using trusts or foundations" took place. With seminar leader Peter Mäusli-Allenspach, we look back on the most important takeaways from the seminar.

For the first time, ISIS 2023 held a webinar series on international tax law. We look back on the successful first edition with moderator and director Thomas Hug.

On Tuesday, August 29, 2023, the ISIS seminar "Corporate Restructuring" took place. With seminar leader René Schreiber, we look back at the key takeaways from the seminar.

The next General Meeting (followed by Tax Talks) will take place on April 23, 2024 in Zurich. The invitation will be sent to all members at the beginning of 2024.

The seminar on corporate tax law was again held in two editions in 2023. We look back - and into the future!

The next General Meeting (followed by Tax Talks) will take place on May 16, 2023 in Zurich. The invitation will be sent to all members at the beginning of 2023.

Family taxation - a never-ending story? Input and moderation: Prof. Dr. Luzius Cavelti, LL.M. (Columbia Law School), Attorney at Law, Swiss Certified Tax Expert, Professor of Tax Law at the University of Basel, Partner at Altenburger Ltd. legal + tax, Member of the Executive Committee of ISIS. Input speakers and discussion participants: Prof. Dr. iur. Andrea Opel, full professor for tax law at the University of Lucerne, consultant at JP Steuer AG, Basel/Zurich and lic. iur. HSG Olivier Margraf, head of the legal department of the tax administration of the Canton of Thurgau.

The Federal Council's Proposal for the Reform of the Withholding Tax: Exemption on the wrong track? Moderation and input presentation: Prof. Dr. iur. René Matteotti, LL.M., Attorney at Law, Full Professor for Swiss, European and International Tax Law at the University of Zurich, Of Counsel at Taxpartner AG, Zurich, Member of the ISIS Institute Management. Input speakers and discussion participants: MLaw Nicole Krenger, Project Manager for Tax Policy at the Federal Tax Administration, Bern and lic. iur. Thomas Jaussi, certified tax expert, business engineer HTL/NDS, Partner JP Steuer AG, Basel/Zurich.

Is there a tax responsibility for companies - or do we need total transparency? Moderation and introduction: Prof. Dr. iur. René Matteotti, LL.M., Attorney at Law, Full Professor for Swiss, European and International Tax Law at the University of Zurich, Of Counsel at Taxpartner AG, Zurich. Introductory presentation and discussion participants: MA political science, Matthias Narr, Senior Engagement Manager, Ethos Foundation, Zurich. Other panelists: MLaw Claudio Fischer, LL.M., Attorney at Law, Tax Administrator of the Canton of Bern, Member of the Board of the Swiss Tax Conference and lic. oec. René Röthlisberger, Certified Tax Expert, Head Group Taxation, Syngenta International AG.

Challenges for the audit and the tax audit. Introduction by StB Matthias Langer (German tax consultant and partner of actus ag, Triesen. Discussion moderated by Prof. Dr. iur. Peter Mäusli-Allenspach. Participants: StB Matthias Langer; Lic. iur. HSG Thomas Linder, federally certified tax expert, Tax Partner MME Legal, Zurich; Lic. iur. Stephan Stauber, attorney-at-law, head of the tax administration of the Canton of Basel-Stadt, member of the board and former president of the logistics commission of the Swiss Tax Conference (SSK).

Do we need more coherence between international tax policy and development policy? Introduction by Ms. Tatjana von Steiger Weber, Deputy Vice-Director/Deputy Head of Global Cooperation Division, SDC, Bern

current challenges for tax law in the globalized world. Introduction by Dr. iur. Mathias Bopp, lic. iur. Claude Grosjean and Dr. oec. publ. Andreas Risi

Swiss model of success or discontinued model? Introduction by lic. iur. Fabian Baumer, Dr. iur. Dimitar Hristov and Prof. Dr. iur. Urs Zulauf

tax policy and economic reflections. Introduction by Prof. Dr. iur. Andrea Opel and lic. iur. HSG Dieter Weber

Introduction and reflection. Introduction by advocate Silvia Frohofer and Prof. Dr. iur. Peter Mäusli-Allenspach

Current state of the discussion and reflection. Introduction by Margit Himmel, graduate economist, and PD Dr. iur. Michael Beusch

Reflections on the latest developments and a look across the border. Introduction by lic. iur. Fabian Baumer and StB Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Kessler

Reflections with regard to the latest international developments. Introduction by Prof. Dr. iur. Ulrich Cavelti and lic. iur. Daniel Holenstein

Status and outlook. Introduction by lic. iur. Fabian Baumer and Dr. oec. HSG Pierre-Olivier Gehriger

Will the mountain give birth to a mouse? Introduction by lic. iur. Claudio Fischer and Prof. Dr. iur. Pierre-Marie Glauser