Professor Tathiane Piscitelli, Coordinator of the Professional Master’s Nucleus for Tax Law of FGV’s Sao Paulo Law School (Direito SP), attended the Ibero-American Conference on Alternative Tax Conflict Resolution Methods held in the last week of May, in Lisbon.

Held by the Superior Accounting and Administration Institute of Lisbon and the Polytechnic Institute of Lisbon, in partnership with the Portuguese Fiscal Association, the conference focused on rewriting the tax justice script. The event brought together experts in alternative conflict resolution methods from Portugal and Brazil to discuss topics such as tax mediation and transaction, tax arbitration, and the experiences of different countries.

Tathiane Piscitelli participated in the event’s opening panel, responsible for drawing a diagnosis on the subject. An expert in the subject, the professor coordinates the research Alternative Conflict Resolution Methods and Tax Law: Limits and Challenges, carried out by Direito SP, alongside lawyers Priscila Faricelli and Andréa Mascitto, who also attended the event in Lisbon.

“The need to discuss the use of alternative dispute resolution methods in tax matters is inserted in a context of need and viability, as the traditional tax conflict resolution instances – which are the administrative courts and the Judiciary – have not been able to implement fast and effective solutions”, said Piscitelli. According to the professor, the study group sought to test the limits of each alternative method – arbitration, conciliation and transaction – in tax matters over the past year. The study’s findings will be presented in a series of publications throughout 2018, guiding reflections on the subject for both taxpayers and all levels of public administration.

The conference in Lisbon also saw the launch of the book “Justiça Tributária: Um Novo Roteiro” [Tax Justice: A New Script], which is the result of a research project developed by the Superior Accounting and Administration Institute of Lisbon (ISCAL).

Compiled by professor Francisco Nicolau Domingos, the book includes papers by professor Tathiane Piscitelli and lawyers Andrea Mascitto and Priscilla Faricelli, and is available on the website.