Aleksandra Plichta

EMEA Indirect Tax Rising Star (International Tax Review Awards 2023). Aleksandra is a tax advisor with over 10 years’ experience focused on VAT affairs gained at CRIDO as well at international manufacturers internal teams (incl. compliance services in SSC) and PwC (Indirect Tax Team with close cooperation with M&A, RE and TP teams). Thanks to her duties to date, Aleksandra combines her knowledge of the tax consulting industry with the practical aspects of VAT settlements (VAT compliance) and building an effective and secure tax function (Tax Governance), aiming to reflect the nature of a "neutral and economic" VAT in the approach of businesses and tax authorities. Aleksandra specialises in VAT advisory and compliance works for Polish and foreign taxpayers. Combining business as well VAT knowledge, she develops strategies and measures to ensure tax security, including through creating new business models for clients operating in the international market, or building quality services in SSCs’ / BPOs’ teams. She prepared 4 clients for applying to the pilot version of the Horizontal Monitoring Program and supports 2 clients on an ongoing basis in activities related to participating in the Program. Building awareness of the crucial role of the tax function is an important area of ongoing business activity; therefore, Aleksandra supports clients in structuring a secure tax function and developing their individual tax strategy with deep focus on VAT aspects. She works with clients during the implementation of Polish e-Invoicing System (KSeF), financial and accounting systems or dedicated tax tools, e.g. for generating SAF-Ts. She is the co-author of publications (covering both VAT as well as SAF-T areas) and a great number of professional articles. She is speaker at VAT workshops and conferences