Bart Vanham
Current Position
External consultant working amongst other as a registered business relationship for PricewaterhouseCoopers Tax Consultants BCV (Belgium) and specialised in Indirect taxes and Car Taxation.
Founder of Fleet&DriverCare, founder of TCOplus and founder of Cars4Publicity
Experience & Responsibilities
Bart is known in the market as a tax business advisor for the Automotive Industry with a focus on Fleet. Bart’s major clients are in this Industry going from part suppliers over OEM’s and lease companies to final end users. He advises on a wide range of issues going beyond Indirect taxes and car taxation. Bart is a recurring specialist speaker at International (fleet) congresses.
Furthermore, Bart daily advises on indirect tax aspects on all possible issues (real estate, distribution centers, shared service centers, contract work, VAT and customs warehouses, implementation of software packages) in Europe with a focus on Belgium and in many cases combined with his Industry expertise.
Professional History
He started his career back in 1993 with PwC as an assistant in the Corporate tax department. During his career his focus moved towards Indirect taxes. Since 1997, Bart was part of the Belgian PwC management and since 2002, till recently when he became an independent external consultant, Bart was part of the Board of Directors and Partners of PricewaterhouseCoopers Tax Consultants in Belgium.
Bart is also responsible for the strategic development of Fleet&DriverCare, TCOplus and Cars4Publicity
Publications
Author for Fleet & Business, Fleet Europe, 2.fleet.com, Fleet News Europe,
Partner of the International Fleet Managers Institute (“IFMI”)
Author and co-ordinator for the book “International Fleet Guide 2004” (18 countries)
Author and co-ordinator for the book “International Fleet Guide 2006” (25 countries)
Author and co-ordinator for the book “International Fleet Guide 2008 – West Europe” (17 countries)
Author and co-ordinator for the book “International Fleet Guide 2009 – Eastern Europe” (12 countries)
Author and co-ordinator for the book “International Fleet Guide 2010 –“Europe” (28 countries)
Author and co-ordinator for the book “International Fleet Guide 2011 –“Europe” (28 countries)
Author for the booklet “Auto and Fiscus” (Car and tax authorities)
Author for the book “Zaken doen in België” chapter “wagen in België” (Doing business in Belgium, chapter “Cars in Belgium”)
Indirect tax aspects of e-commerce (Praktijkboek indirecte belastingen 1999)
Indirect tax aspects of shared service centers (Praktijkboek indirecte belastingen 2000)
Indirect tax aspects of managementfee’s (Praktijkboek indirecte belastingen 2001)
Indirect taxes and cars: Update (Fiscale documentatie Van de Winckele)
Responsible for Tax matters in publications Fleet Europe, Fleet&Business, Smart Mobility
Specialist speaker
Optimalisation of your car park (M&D Seminars ‘05, ‘06, ‘07, ‘08)
VAT from A tot Z (Kluwer Opleidingen)
Indirect tax aspects of e-commerce (Fiscale Hogeschool)
VAT and international trade (Laureaat exportmanangement IPO)
VAT aspects of cross charging of costs (M&D Seminars)
The ARO Lease court case (ECATRA congress 1998)
Car Taxation in the EU (ECATRA congress 1999)
The invoice in the year 2000 (M&D Seminars)
VAT and optimisation of your marketing budget (M&D Seminars)
VAT package (Global Indirect taxes Academy)
Indirect Taxes Function effectiveness (Global Indirect taxes Academy)
VAT update ’06, ’07, ’08, ’09 (M&D Seminars)
Fleet News Conference: ‘98, ‘99, ‘03, ‘04, ‘06, ‘07
CEE Fleet Conference ‘03, ‘04
Automotive Fellowship ‘07
International Fleet Europe forum ‘04, ‘05, ‘06, ‘07, ’08, ‘10 (see www.fleeteurope.com/emagazine/)
First Brussels Motor Show Automotive Forum ‘08
Fleet Coner (various occasions)
Fleet Academy 2010 and 2011
