WU Tax Law Technology Conference
2026 WU Tax Law Technology Conference
"Large Language Model Agents for Tax Law Technology"
February 9-10, 2026
WU, Vienna
Rapid advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI) are reshaping the global tax landscape. As governments and businesses increasingly adopt Large Language Models (LLMs), agentic AI systems, and data-driven compliance tools, the boundaries between law, technology, and policy are being redrawn. Tax administrations are integrating automation into compliance and audit processes, while multinational enterprises face growing demands for accuracy, transparency, and real-time reporting across jurisdictions. Emerging technologies such as blockchain, quantum computing, and Rule-as-Code frameworks are transforming how tax obligations are interpreted, administered, and enforced. Leveraging these technologies is no longer optional as it is becoming essential for ensuring effective tax governance, safeguarding taxpayer rights, and maintaining public trust in an increasingly digital fiscal environment.
This two-day event aims to bring together leading scholars, practitioners from the private sector, as well as tax administration and policymakers. The conference will critically examine the impact of Generative Artificial Intelligence in practice ranging from data formats and procedural workflows to evolving legal norms and regulatory frameworks.
Content and structure
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2026
09.00 – Welcome Remarks
09.15-10.45 – Panel 1: Generative AI and LLM Agents – Impacts on Taxation
Generative AI and Large Language Model (LLM) agents are rapidly transforming taxation – from planning and compliance to administration and enforcement. The panel considers both the potential and the limitations of these technologies, focusing on the integration of hybrid intelligence in tax law, the use of AI in fraud detection while protecting taxpayer rights, and the need to rethink value creation and profit allocation as intelligent agents influence decision-making. It highlights how emerging AI systems can improve accuracy, transparency, and efficiency in taxation while preserving legal integrity and human oversight.
11.15-12.45 – Panel 2: Generative AI and the Law – Data Protection, Accountability and Liability
Automation in tax law raises profound legal and ethical questions. This session investigates how AI-driven decision systems intersect with data protection, human rights, and accountability frameworks. Topics include the taxpayer’s right to human decision-making under Article 22 GDPR, the legal implications of delegating compliance tasks to AI agents, and mechanisms for transparency, explainability, and liability in AI-supported tax administration. By examining the performance and legal status of autonomous tax-compliance agents, the panel seeks to clarify where human oversight remains indispensable and how law can evolve to maintain fairness and responsibility in increasingly automated fiscal environments.
14.00-15.30 – Panel 3: Tax Law in Transition – Coding, Generative AI and the Role of Rule as Code
As tax systems become more data-driven, coding and automation are reshaping how legal rules are expressed and applied. This panel explores the translation of tax law into machine-readable logic through Generative AI and “Rule as Code” frameworks. Presentations address multi-agent AI systems for tax workflows, the integration of internal LLM tools in transfer-pricing practice and professional training, and a model for converting tax provisions into executable compliance calendars. The discussion demonstrates how computational design can enhance precision and efficiency while prompting new thinking about interpretation, accountability, and the evolving role of the tax professional.
16.00-17.30 – Panel 4: Developments in GenAI for Tax and Customs
Practical adoption of Generative AI is accelerating across tax and customs administrations worldwide. This session brings together experiences from Nigeria, the Maldives, the Czech Republic, and Norway to illustrate how AI can simplify administrative processes, improve language, access fairness in LLM-based tax systems, and build AI-ready infrastructure for compliance and operational efficiency. Through these comparative insights, the panel shows how digital transformation enhances transparency and service quality while ensuring that fairness, inclusivity, and human oversight remain central to next-generation tax governance.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2026
09.00-10.30 – Panel 5: Human Judgment and Machine Reasoning in Tax Practice
How should human expertise coexist with machine reasoning in taxation? This panel examines how Generative AI and LLMs are reshaping professional judgment, ethical standards, and decision-making across jurisdictions. Presentations address the moral dilemmas of automation in tax law, entrepreneurs’ due-diligence obligations when using AI, and governance frameworks for data provenance in tax administrations. Comparative studies from Indonesia and Morocco, alongside a roadmap for reliable AI tax systems, offer insights into building trust and accountability in AI-assisted tax practice, reminding us that technological progress must remain grounded in fairness, integrity, and human judgment.
11.00-12.30 – Panel 6: Disruptive Tech – Agentic AI, Crypto, Quantum, Blockchain
Frontier technologies are converging to redefine the boundaries of tax law, enforcement, and accountability. This panel considers innovations from quantum computing to blockchain, cryptocurrencies, and agentic AI systems, analysing how they reshape compliance and verification. Speakers will discuss quantum-enhanced LLM architectures for tax computation, the combination of Generative AI and blockchain to strengthen EU joint tax audits and protect taxpayers’ procedural rights, and the compounded challenges that digital assets and autonomous agents pose to existing frameworks. Linking technological disruption to legal design, the panel assesses how these tools may both reinforce and test the principles of transparency, proportionality, and fairness in international taxation.
13.45-15.15 – Panel 7: AI and Dispute Resolution in Tax Governance
Dispute resolution in taxation is entering the era of intelligent systems. This panel explores how AI and particularly LLMs are being integrated into alternative dispute-resolution (ADR) mechanisms, mutual-agreement procedures (MAP), and judicial processes. Topics include AI-driven ADR in global and Indonesian contexts, the use of GenAI tools as prescreening systems in MAP workflows, and the evolution from ADR to AI-assisted tribunals. Other contributions examine probabilistic forecasting in tax jurisprudence and its effects on predictability and fairness. Together, these perspectives evaluate how technology can deliver faster, more transparent tax dispute resolution while upholding due process and human oversight.
15.45-17.15 – Panel 8: AI in Tax Administration and Enforcement
Tax administrations worldwide are embracing AI and digital reporting systems to modernise compliance and enforcement. This session balances the pursuit of efficiency with the protection of taxpayers’ procedural rights. Presentations cover Uganda’s electronic fiscal receipting and invoicing system (EFRIS) and its enforcement implications, Latin America’s experience with AI-driven e-invoicing, and compliance-by-design approaches in integrated tax systems. Additional papers discuss AI and tax evasion in relation to data protection and legal safeguards for transparency in GenAI-powered audits. Collectively, the panel offers a comparative view of how AI is transforming administrative practice, enhancing detection and compliance while challenging notions of accountability, privacy, and proportionality.
17.15-17.25 – Closing Remarks
Speakers
Confirmed speakers include:
ROBERT RISSE (Germany/Austria)
Director of WU Tax Law Technology Center, WU Vienna
FREDERICO GOMES DE ALENCAR (Brazil)
Management Coordinator, Administrative Board for Tax Appeals (CARF)
BILYAMINU ALIYU (Nigeria)
Tech Lead, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS)
GIORGIO ANTONIO AUTUORI (Italy)
PhD Candidate, Università degli Studi di Brescia
MATEJA BABIČ (Slovenia)
Partner, WTS TAX Slovenia
ØYVIND BAKKEN (Norway)
Head of Section, NTA Large Business Department
ALEKSANDRA BAL (Netherlands)
Indirect Tax Technology Lead & Team Manager, Stripe
YOUSSEF BALMA (France)
Lead Developer, Algonomia
RIDA BELAHOUAOUI (Morocco)
Professor of Finance, Moroccan School of Engineering Sciences (EMSI)
SALWA BENHDYA (Morocco)
Tax Inspector, General Tax Administration (DGI Morocco)
GEORG BERKA (Austria)
Head of International Taxation, Raiffeisen Bank International
MARK BOWLER-SMITH (Australia)
Associate Professor, Deakin Law School, Deakin University
MONICA CALIJURI (USA)
Sector Lead Specialist - Tax Administration, IDB
FILIPPO CASTAGNARI (Italy)
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Universita Politecnica delle Marche
IZADORA COUTINHO (Brazil)
Lecturer in Tax Law, IBDT
CHRISTIAN DEL CARPIO (Peru)
Senior Associate Attorney, Rodrigo, Elias & Medrano
LOÏC DELANGHE (Belgium)
Senior Managing Associate IP/IT/Data Law, PwC Legal Belgium
WALID ELJAAFARI (France)
CEO & Data Scientist, Algonomia
AGNIESZKA FRANCZAK (Poland)
Assistant Professor, Jagiellonian University and Krakow University of Economics
GILLES FRANSSENS (Belgium)
Tax Director, PwC Belgium
WIRATAMA GANDHI RIMBAWAN (Indonesia)
Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Pajakku
ROBERT HERBERSTEIN (Austria)
Senior Tax Manager, Raiffeisen Bank International
STEEF HUIBREGTSE (Netherlands)
CEO, TPA Global
MIKOŁAJ KONDEJ (Poland)
Director, PwC Poland
RICK KREVER (Australia)
Senior Honorary Research Fellow, University of Western Australia
ELEONORA LOZANO RODRÍGUEZ (Colombia)
Dean, Law School, Universidad de los Andes
MARIA CRISTINA MAC DOWELL (Brazil)
Senior Specialist in Fiscal Management, IDB
MAGDALENA MAŁECKA (Poland)
Attorney-at-Law, Assistant Professor, Military University of Technology
PAVEL MARTINÍK (Czech Republic)
Attorney, Assistant Professor, Charles University
KHALIUN MINJBADAM (Mongolia)
Transfer Pricing Official, General Department of Taxation
DAN NGABIRANO (Uganda)
Lecturer, School of Law, Makerere University
RHODAH NYAMONGO (Kenya/Austria)
Teaching and Research Associate, WU Vienna
DANA OLZHABAYEVA (Kazakhstan/Austria)
Transfer Pricing and Tax Tech Manager, Semperit AG
MARK ANTHONY OMONA (Uganda/Belgium)
PhD Researcher, University of Antwerp
RAFFAELE PETRUZZI (Italy/Austria)
Managing Director, WU Transfer Pricing Center, WU Vienna
Founder and CEO, PETRUZZI Advisory
AGOSTINO POLICICHIO (Italy)
Independent Expert
TIMOTEJ REBOLJ MUBI (Slovenia)
WTS TAX Slovenia
IMRAN ROSYADI (Indonesia)
Tax Partner, Integral Business Solutions
KURNIA NUGRAHA RUDIANTO (Indonesia)
Data Exchange Specialist, Ministry of Finance Indonesia
ALEXANDER RUST (Austria)
Professor of Tax Law, WU Vienna
FERNANDO SIAHAAN (Indonesia)
Advisory Director, PT Mitra Pajakku
SARASWATI NIRMALA SUCI (Indonesia)
Junior Analyst, Data Strategy and Policy, Ministry of Finance Indonesia
AGNIESZKA WALA (Poland)
Founder and Owner, Law Office of Legal Counsel Agnieszka Wala, Gliwice & Pszczyna
JAN WINTERHALTER (Germany)
Senior Consultant, PD – Berater der Öffentlichen Hand
ANASTASIYA YARIGINA (Bolivia)
Fiscal Management – Sector Specialist, IDB
ALARA EFSUN YAZICIOĞLU (Türkiye)
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, Bilkent University
ZHENGXIAO YING (France)
Data Scientist, Algonomia
HASSAN ZAREER (Maldives)
Commissioner General of Taxation, MIRA Maldives
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Registration and practical information
Participation fee
The participation fee for this event is EUR 1,500.-
A 10% "early bird discount" is applicable to registrations sent by December 19, 2025.
A waiver on the registration fee can be granted to applications from researchers exclusively employed by an academic institution. To apply, please submit a short letter of motivation including the relevance for your research, together with your CV and a list of recent publications to taxlawtechnologycenter@wu.ac.at.
The participation fee covers all materials, lunches, coffee breaks, refreshments and an evening reception. Costs of travel and accommodation are not included.
Payment
You will receive an invoice for the participation fee of EUR 1,500.- (or of EUR 1,350.- in case of the “early bird discount”). We kindly ask you to transfer your payment within three weeks from the date of the invoice.
Cancellation
Any notification of cancellation of registration must be sent in writing to taxlawtechnologycenter@wu.ac.at. In case of cancellation before January 26, 2026, the participation fee will be refunded. No refund can be made for cancellations received after this date.
Venue
WU Vienna University of Economics and Business
Welthandelsplatz 1
1020 Vienna, Austria
Building LC
Ceremony Hall 1
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