On the 13th of May, the French government published a 700-page long report on the possible options to safeguard and maintain the financial support of the national culture industry. The government is of the opinion that the digitalization of distribution channels for commodities with cultural content such as films, music and books, Read More »
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Lecturing at Zurich University
As a student at Zurich University I wished that one day I would return as a lecturer. Not an easy wish, if one does not aspire an academic career.
As a tax adviser at the beginning of my career I had various tasks. And one of the many tasks I was requested to do was to prepare the script and lecture for a tax lecture, which one of our very experienced partners was doing. That was good fun. Read More »
My first presentation in London
At the beginning of my tax career, my English was poor. Very poor. I don’t want to claim that it is now excellent. But back then even a conversation in English was difficult, a presentation unimaginable.
My back then boss had been asked to give a presentation on the Swiss VAT system in London. He felt very flattered and he agreed even though his English was even worse than mine. The task to prepare the presentation ended up on my desk. Read More »
Michaela Merz 