The explosion in e-commerce means your clients may be selling to customers anywhere in the world. With those global opportunities come potential new sales tax obligations for VAT or GST. Many accounting practitioners have limited awareness in this area but want to be better positioned to advise clients with expanding global tax exposure. Join us for this session on the basics of VAT and learn how to recognize the triggers that most commonly affect U.S.-based businesses.
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Avalara
Senior Director, Global Indirect Tax
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Alex Baulf is the Senior Director, Global Indirect Tax. Baulf leads engagement with policy leaders to develop a tax and compliance environment that will streamline and accelerate commerce for the overall growth of the economy. He plays a leadership role in driving Avalara’s continued growth in the region.
Baulf spent more than 12 years at Grant Thornton UK LLP across a number of senior roles. Most recently, he served as International Indirect Tax Director and led the Global VAT/GST advisory team and Indirect Tax Automation service offerings in the UK and EMEA. He has extensive experience in UK and EU VAT and international indirect tax consultancy, specializing in VAT systems, processes and data, and implementation, impact assessment and change management.
Alex brings a wealth of experience advising leaders on tax policy, which will be invaluable at a time when businesses are trying to balance the opportunity created by the commerce boom with an increasingly complex regulatory environment. Avalara has a clear vision to power global commerce by helping businesses overcome this complexity, freeing them to grow and realize their potential - and providing the SaaS technology to make that a reality.