F.A.Z. Tax Conference 

From 25 to 27 February 2026, Professor Englisch participated in the F.A.Z. Tax Conference of the Economy in Berlin. On the first day of the conference, he participated in two panels: First, he introduced the topic of minimum taxation in the panel on “Tax Developments in Canada, Ireland, United Kingdom, United States of America.” Second, in another panel on “Tax Developments in the United States of America,” he commented on the views of the representative of the US Treasury Department on the international coordination of taxation of digital business models. Prof. Englisch was particularly critical of the idea of fundamentally re-discussing the benchmark principles for this at the multinational level; instead, he advocated a pragmatic approach to dealing with the emerging fragmentation of taxation standards in this area. On the third day of the conference, Professor Englisch spoke on another panel about state aid law aspects of VAT concessions.