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On Friday, 10 April 2026, the Maastricht Centre for Taxation (MCT) hosted the seminar ‘European legal development in indirect taxation’. The event was organised to mark the appointment of Prof. Ad van Doesum as Justice of the Dutch Supreme Court (Hoge Raad).

On 21 and 22 May 2026, the IBFD Academic Tax Conference will take place in Amsterdam, focusing on the theme “Ability to Pay in Tax Law”. The Maastricht Centre for Taxation (MCT) is proud to contribute to this international event.

The Executive Board has appointed Dr Frank Nellen as Professor of Value Added Taxes and Supply Chain Levies as of 1 March 2026. He succeeds Ad van Doesum, who was appointed Justice in the Tax Chamber of the Dutch Supreme Court as of 1 January 2026.

On 20 January 2026, the Maastricht Centre for Taxation (MCT) participated in the OECD’s public consultation meeting on the Global Mobility of Individuals, held at the OECD in Paris.

Two new open-access books - "VAT in a Day" and "Customs in a Day" - offer concise and accessible introductions to EU indirect tax law. Both publications are designed to provide readers with a solid understanding of complex legal systems within the span of a single day.

On 17-18 December 2025, the Maastricht Centre for Taxation (MCT) hosted an international online conference titled “AI and the Future of Tax Law: Rethinking Compliance, Governance, and Legal Design”.