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