Sales Manager

ANTOINE VEYSSET, LL.M.

**** ********* ** # ** *** Francisco CA 94123 USA +1-415-***-**** *******.*******@*****.***

O CCUPATIONAL EXPERIE NCE

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, National Tax Service, US VAT team, San Francisco, CA

Manager June, 2011 – September, 2013

Senior Associate July, 2010 – June, 2011

A ssociate J anuary, 2 009 – J une, 2 010

Consulting

Tax Planning: Designed tax efficient international structure for several U.S. businesses (aircraft and parts, e-

commerce, banking and insurance, travel, etc). Countries in scope include Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China,

India, European Union Member States or South Africa.

Tax audit: Defended several clients in relation to audits performed by local tax authorities (mainly European

Union)

Tax Research: Researched U.S. and foreign tax laws though database such as Westlaw, LexisNexis and

IBFD as well as tax authorities websites and tax codes. Also researched tax treaties through the Tax Analyst

database.

Training and presentation: Presented VAT training sessions and VAT hot topics seminars to U.S. businesses

management (PwC San Francisco International Tax Seminar 2012 and 2013).

Audit: Analyzed the indirect tax positions of multinational businesses (including energy company) to support

internal audit teams (FAS 5 report).

Sales and Use Taxes

Inbound transactions: assisted several foreign businesses to determine whether they had sufficient nexus to

register and account for sales tax in the U.S. When required to register, assisted foreign businesses to

register for taxes and set up their indirect tax compliance.

Domestic transactions: Assisted a microchip manufacturer to set up its ERP system for sales and use tax

purpose. Projects involved the management of exemption certificates and the gathering of relevant data to

calculate sales and use taxes.

Enterprise Resource Planning

Led several ERP (Oracle and SAP) implementations for businesses in the semi-conductor industry. These

projects involved the gathering of relevant data, drafting the system requirements, ensuring the tax codes

implemented within the system were correctly configured and that the ERP system was correctly set up for indirect

tax compliance (VAT returns, invoicing and other reporting).

French Tax and Customs Authorities September, 2004 – July, 2007

F ight against Fraud Bureau - L egal Adviser

Coordinated EU wide audits with the EU commission (OLAF) in relation to customs, excise and VAT fraud.

Led several high stake EU tax meetings to define at the EU level the fight against VAT fraud. These meetings

involved rewriting parts of the EU VAT directive to ensure the interests of both businesses and government

were protected.

Coordinated nationwide audits in relation to VAT and excise taxes.

Participated in several EU discussion groups to define the requirements for VIES (VAT Information Exchange

System) database. This system is currently used to detect and prevent VAT fraud.

Negotiated and drafted good faith agreements and indirect tax rulings on indirect taxes, excises and taxes on

polluting activities.

P ROFESSIONAL CREDENT IALS

California Bar: License # 259159 Admitted 2008

New York Bar: License # 4866125 Admitted 2010

Publication: Journal of International Taxation, in press, EU VAT and the Sale of Electronic Services through

Intermediaries

E DUCATION

University of California, Hastings College of the Law, San Francisco, CA 2007 - 2008

L L.M., 2 008, C oncentration in Taxation

Highest grade in Partnerships and Corporations Taxation, International and U.S. Taxation of Foreign

Transactions and Investments, Federal Income Tax, Nonprofit Organizations, Constitutional Law and Wills and

Trusts

CALI Award in Partnerships and Corporations Taxation

End of year paper, How an International Organization Changed U.S. Tax Law; the U.S. Tax Subsidy Schemes

and the World Trade Organization

Research assistant, helped Professor Daniel Lathrop to write and review Global Issues in Taxation, West, 2008

University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, Paris, France 1999 - 2004

D.E.A. (LL.M. Equivalent), 2004, in Public Finances, 3.78/4 GPA, cum Laude

Thesis, The Legal Control of the State Government over the Finances of Local Governments

M aitrise (J.D. Equivalent), 2003, in Tax Law, 3.44/4 GPA, Magna cum Laude,

European exchange student for one semester, Free University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands (classes

taught in English)

Licence (B.A equivalent), 2003, in Political Science, 3.80/4 GPA, cum Laude,

V OLUNTEER EXPERIENCE

American Bar Association - Taxation Section 2008 - current

Volunteer Tax Assistance (VITA) program 2008 - current

Filed the federal and California income tax returns of low-income individual taxpayers

La Guilde Européenne du RAID (French NGO) 2001 - 2005

Taught French to children and teenagers as part of humanitarian missions in Armenia (08/2005) and Lebanon

(08/2001) and taught classes for women on how to protect themselves against life-threatening diseases in

Benin (08/2004)

A DDITIONAL INFORMATI ON

Languages: French (Native), Dutch (Basic) and German (Basic)

Hobbies: Certified advanced diver, ski, rugby, running (SF Half-Marathon 2011 and 2013), hiking

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