The Randstad, Netherlands
Bart van Osch is a VAT and indirect taxes advisor at PwC, the Netherlands. In this role, he advises publicly traded and privately held multinational companies on the cross border and national VAT and indirect tax aspects of their trade. He is involved in several business groups within PwC such as the UK-NL tax team, in which he is the prime contact for VAT purposes, the Industrial Products & Services group and the Energy, Utility & Resources community. He is the trusted advisor for a number of global indirect tax accounts within PwC, which he supports in all the aspects of their international business and expansion. As such, he covers a wide range of service offerings from the tax and financial optimisation of supply chains, introduction of VAT in the GCC countries to the concrete indirect tax coding of a specific transaction in a client's ERP system, frequently working together with other Lines of Services within PwC and third party business partners. Bart is currently on secondment to the Inbound / FTSE 100 practice in London, focusing on personal development and the re-establishment of the Dutch Desk. He is a member of PwC UK's Brexit Working Group and supporting the indirect tax roll-out of and alignment on Brexit with the EU indirect tax practice. Ever so often he publishes articles on selected topics such as VAT and vouchers, intra-EU trade and the transfer of a going concern in renowned tax magazines. Spare time is spent on hobby's (cars & racing, field hockey (as goalie of the PwC London company hockey team), reading, running and visiting concerts), travelling both business and private and of course staying up to date of the latest indirect tax developments. Bart's motto is: 'facilitating international trade'.
Bart is Automotive Industry and Industrials & Services Tax, Legal Workforce leader at PwC Netherlands. He is responsible for the integrated service offerings to the Automotive Industry, working closely together with Assurance and Advisory colleagues and engagement leader on a number of accounts in the industry including OEMs, retailers and key T1 and T2 suppliers. He is closely connected with the EMEA and Global Automotive teams at PwC led from Germany, ensuring effective knowledge sharing and engaging the teams with relevant industry knowledge. Besides these roles, Bart has a background in VAT and indirect taxes and as such advises his clients on a wide range of related topics, including (indirect) taxes relevant for the Automotive industry. In terms of markets, he is most closely connected to the UK, because of a past secondment and frequent travel to his UK clients, closely cooperating with the local teams. Within his home team, time is spent on coaching, business and personal development and spare time is for family, reading, running and exploring/traveling.
Business Unit: Indirect Taxes the Netherlands - Advising Multinational Corporations on Indirect Taxes (mainly VAT) in the inbound practice with a focus on UK and the Technology, Media & Entertainment and Telecommunications industry. - Projects are in particular in the field of Brexit, supply chain optimisation, mergers & acquisitions, rebates and inter-company transactions. - Part of the nationwide and EMEA/Global business development teams. - Member of various Brexit working groups both nationally and in the UK.
Business Unit: Indirect Taxes the Netherlands - Advising Multinational Corporations on Indirect Taxes (mainly VAT), in particular on supply chain optimisation, mergers & acquisitions, rebates and inter-company transactions - My clients operate mainly in the Energy and Tech industries, fitting with my supply chain expertise and inbound/network role within PwC globally - Horizontal Monitoring, Tax Control Framework and ERP implementation and VAT compliance and AP/AR automation projects (mainly SAP) - Advising and guiding clients during tax / VAT audits by the Dutch and international tax authorities - Member of Products & Services, Energy, Utilities & Resources Industry Group (focus on Chemicals) and the North Sea focus group within PwC - Member of UK-NL Tax Team, frequently visiting the UK (London, Birmingham, Newcastle, Manchester), Brexit expert - Member of the Global/EMEA Business Development team, led by Christine O'Malley from PwC UK - Organisation of client technical sessions (for indirect tax industry professionals) on current indirect tax topics together with Professor Herman van Kesteren and guest speakers - VAT trainings for clients - Publishing articles
Part of the editory board and writer for BtwBrief
Inbound / FTSE 100 team From mid-June 2017 I am seconded to the international indirect tax practice at PwC UK, where I am focusing on the VAT/ITX advisory role for multinational accounts with both UK and Dutch business as well re-establishing the Dutch Desk at the London office. My clients are mainly in the Energy and Tech industries, fitting with my expertise on the supply chain side. I am part of the Brexit initiative, also towards the wider EU practice and hold the business development role for our team in the national indirect tax practice.
Business Unit: Indirect Taxation Rotterdam
Value added tax department: - Advising Multinational Corporations on Value Added Tax - Assistance with VAT compliace - Publishing articles on VAT in KPMG Controller's Journal