"The KU Research Institute for Taxation has already existed for several years and we have grown significantly in recent years. So now was the right time to bring our affiliated researchers from different universities together in one place to deepen the exchange and further intensify collaboration in research", explains Professor Langenmayr.
The KU Research Institute for Taxation at the Ingolstadt School of Management bundles and coordinates research activities in the field of taxation. It serves as a platform for interdisciplinary exchange between higher educational research and practice. With this first conference, the Institute offered a special platform for scientific exchange and positioned itself as an important stakeholder in tax research.
The event was attended not only by members of the Institute, but also by renowned early-career researchers, who presented and discussed their current research work. "With Prof. Dirk Schindler from Erasmus University Rotterdam, we were also able to attract an outstanding keynote speaker who – like us at the KU Research Institute for Taxation – combines economic and business aspects in his research", says Professor Langenmayr.
A particular focus of the conference was on tax avoidance by multinational companies and the economic consequences of tax reforms – participants discussed, among other things, the impact of a robot tax on investments and the role of tax departments in corporations. "The conference provided a forum for exciting discussions from which all participants could hopefully benefit and take away important ideas for their work", summarizes Professor Langenmayr.