Since 2019, KMLZ has been offering an annual doctoral seminar on VAT, alternating between our two office locations in Düsseldorf and Munich. More than 50 doctoral candidates from Germany and Austria have since presented their dissertation topics or shared approaches for discussion.

In the past two years, as part of the doctoral seminar, we also attended oral hearings of the VAT panels at the Federal Fiscal Court (Munich) and the Fiscal Court of Düsseldorf.

Participants who are still in the process of choosing a topic and intend to pursue a doctorate in VAT law are expressly invited. Engaging with advanced doctoral candidates and practitioners can be helpful even at such an early stage.

Since we are often approached by “topic seekers” asking which subjects are already being worked on and to provide an overview of the individual doctoral research topics presented, here is a list showing which doctoral candidate is working on which VAT-related topic.