Overview
Recommendations
Next Steps
Social media
LL.M. Digitalization & Tax Law
Digitalization is changing the corporate world to a massive extent, reaching all industries and segments. Professions concerned with taxes and tax law are now called upon to rethink their practices. The required changes, however, pose a great challenge to many businesses. You can acquire the skill set needed to stay on top of the digital transformation in this program offered by the WU Executive Academy: the LL.M. Digitalization and Tax Law. Taught in English and comprising to-the-point and practice-oriented modules, where experts offer a comprehensive overview of the existing possibilities to use technological innovations in tax law in a targeted way to further reduce costs and facilitate processes.
Use Technology to Optimize Tax Processes
Digitalization and transformation are far more than just buzzwords these days. Even when companies deal with current trends, it is difficult to classify their meaning and context. The digitalization of information exchange between tax authorities and taxpayers is certainly a trend that will not go away. Even despite the new technologies’ great potential to reduce costs and simplify workflows, there is still a lot of skepticism around. One key question is if, and if so to what extent, new technologies in tax handling are capable of meeting the requirements of electronic reporting.
Get ready for the digital transformation of taxation
BEFORE THE PROGRAM, YOU ARE …
- A practitioner in a tax advisory firm, an in-house tax manager or tax director of a company, a tax technology manager, or a tax officer
- Seeking answers to questions like what are the new technology innovations about, what’s the matter with tax authorities promoting the usage of technology, what does tax compliance mean, how to improve automation of the tax functions, and last but not least how to create and ensure tax and legal transparency to be compliant with law
DURING THE PROGRAM, YOU WILL …
- Get a deep understanding of those parts of international tax law, which can be easily automated
- Get a thorough knowledge of business process management
- Work on use cases to combine the knowledge of tax law and technology/process management
- Explore current technological trends based on business process management
- Analyze the fiscal, tax, customs, and technological aspects that form the foundation of this transformation
- Examine new possibilities in validation of a broader use of technology in taxation
AFTER THE PROGRAM, YOU WILL …
- Seize opportunities of artificial intelligence, blockchain, and process mining for your business
- Understand agile business process models and that they require agile business intelligence and analytics
- Be able to thoroughly analyze and interpret literature and legal sources in the field of technology and taxes and to ask critical questions about this
- Apply your knowledge of relevant technologies in complex tax cases and offer creative solutions
- Be ready for the future and transformation in taxation
Faculty
Jan Mendling
Department of Computer Science | Humboldt-University of Berlin | Germany
Department of Information Systems and Operations | WU Vienna | Austria
Robert Risse
Former Corporate Vice President Tax & Trade | Henkel AG & Co KGaA | Germany
Alexander Rust
Professor | Institute for Austrian and International Tax Law | WU Vienna | Austria
Certificate
After the successful completion of the program you will receive an additional certificate from the Vienna University of Economics and Business as validation of your acquired expertise in Digital Transformation.
How many hours per week do I have to plan for studying?
On average, our students spend about 15-20 hours per week working on the content. We recommend investing 2-3 hours a day.
How can managers with 50-60 hours working time manage the program?
Although our Global Executive MBA is challenging, it is designed for working executives. That's why students can access our online forums from their smartphones or tablets, giving them the flexibility to manage their workloads on the go, whether they're on their way to work, on a lunch break, or traveling around the world.
How are students evaluated during the program?
- Participation in class: Students are continuously evaluated during classroom discussions and video conferences. Every contribution, whether written or spoken, is taken into account.
- Individual assignments: Students are asked to participate in quiz questions, individual assignments or evaluated homework.
- Group assignments: As part of a small team, students must prepare presentations, research papers or papers that will all be evaluated.