Bert Laman Partner

Year of birth: 1959
Nationality: Dutch
Education and Experience
- 1983 Erasmus University of Rotterdam, Dutch law
- 1987 Training centre Finances in The Hague, VAT tax inspector with the Tax Department
- 1984 - 1989 Ministry of Finance or the Tax Department, VAT tax inspector
- 1989 - present Mazars Paardekooper Hoffman, member of the VAT department
General client experience
- Extensive experience as a VAT adviser at national and international level in real estate transaction, cross-border trade and VAT issues in the non-profit sector
- Assisting in audits initiated by the Tax Department, negotiating with the Tax Department and appealing to the judge
- Due diligence surveys and VAT audits for clients
- International advice to colleagues and foreign clients
Secondary activities
- Director of VAT-assist B.V., Utrecht, a partnership involved in fiscal representation of foreign companies who owe VAT in the Netherlands
- President of Mazars' International VAT & Customs Group
- Editor-in-chief and author of the Handboek Stichtingen & Verenigingen (Foundations & Societies Handbook), Reed Business
- Author/editor "VAT Guide"
- Member of Nederlandse Orde van Belastingadviseurs (Dutch Order of Tax Advisers)
- Member of the VAT Forum, an organisation of internationally active VAT advisers
- Member of the International VAT association, an organisation of tax representatives
- Member of the Vereniging voor Vastgoed Fiscalisten (Real Estate Tax Experts Association)
- Member of the Mazars Trade Group Foundations and Societies, president of the Mazars Trade Group Sports and Recreation