Fernando Matesanz

Practice Areas

International VAT advice; VAT Policy and Regulation; VAT for the digital economy; VAT and international trade; VAT litigation and dispute resolution.

Career

VAT specialist with extensive experience in Spanish and European VAT compliance, policy and advisory.

I combine my role as VAT practitioner and advisor with leading institutional positions: President of the International VAT Association, Member of the European Commission’s VAT Expert Group, Chair of the VAT Expert Group at AEDAF and President of the Fundación Madrid VAT Forum. Through these roles, I contribute to shaping VAT policy while helping businesses navigate complex compliance requirements in Spain and across the European Union

Professional Memberships

EU Commission´s VAT Expert Group

EU Commission´s EU VAT Forum

President of the International VAT Association

President of the Madrid VAT Forum Foundation

Chair VAT Expert Group - Spanish Association of Tax Advisors

Publications

- “Taxation under the Value Added Tax”. Editorial La Ley. May 2024.

- “The New Special Scheme for Small Enterprises in VAT. Directive (EU) 2020/285”. Cuadernos IVA. May 2024.

- “Present and Future Challenges of the Special VAT Scheme for Travel Agents”. International VAT Monitor - IBFD. April 2024.

- Regular contributor on VAT matters. Thomson Reuters. 2017-present.

- VAT Correspondent, International Tax Review. 2019-present.

- “The increasing liability of platforms in the collection of EU VAT”. International VAT Monitor - IBFD. June 2023.

- “VAT Treatment of the Sharing Economy”. International VAT Monitor - IBFD. January 2023.

- “The Quick Fixes in VAT; A Temporary Solution Until the Arrival of the Definitive Destination-Based System”. Quincena Fiscal Aranzadi. May 2022.

- “VAT Taxation of ECommerce”. Thomson Reuters Aranzadi. May 2019.

- “VAT and E-commerce”. Quincena Fiscal Aranzadi. June 2020.

- “The Certified Taxable Person” International VAT Monitor-IBFD. October 2018.

Experience

- Member of the Scientific Committee of the International VAT Association.

- Lecturer in VAT, Universidad Pontificia de Comillas ICADE.

- Lecturer, International VAT Expert Academy (Netherlands).

- Lecturer, International School of Indirect Taxation (Belgium).

- Lecturer in VAT, ISDE (Higher Institute of Law and Economics).

- Lecturer in VAT, Legal Practice School, Complutense University of Madrid.