[CANCELLED] STARI Lunchtime Seminar - Can VAT Help Address Inequalities?
Centre for Cross Border Commercial Law in Asia
Everyone wants fair taxation, but what do we mean by it? What impact can taxation have on inequalities? To what extent should the tax system be used to redress them? And do we (truly) want it to do so? This paper present a novel approach to addressing VAT regressivity, away from exemptions and reduced rates, by proposing the adoption of a progressive VAT: a single-rate, broad-base, VAT, whereby tax paid on consumption is re-paid to lower income households in real-time, at the moment of purchase. Such a system can effectively eliminate regressivity, while minimizing the political economy, cash-flow, and welfare stigma obstacles that are often associated with standard welfare transfers used in modern VAT systems. It would also have other significant advantages, particularly in terms of compliance incentives.
Fee(s): Fee: SGD54.50 per pax incl. 9% GST. Contact: ccla@smu.edu.sg. Speaker Details: Professor Rita de la Feria
Chair in Tax Law, School of LProfessor Rita de la Feria aw
University of Leeds
Rita de la Feria is Professor of Tax Law at the University of Leeds, and a Visiting Professor of Law at Oxford University. She was appointed Tax Reform Advisor to the Government of Timor-Leste in 2026, and she is a member of the Advisory Panel of the UK’s Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) since 2023.
Her research focus primarily on tax law and policy, and she has published widely in that… RSVP: . Type: Seminars & Workshops. Subject: Law. Accounting.
Tuesday, May 5, 2026, 12:15 PM – 1:45 PM.
Meeting Room 5.04, Level 5
Singapore Management University
Yong Pung How School of Law
55 Armenian Street
Singapore 179943.
For more info visit law.smu.edu.sg. Online Safety (Relief and Accountability) Bill: Singapore’s Latest Regulatory Response to Online Harms
SMU Law Academy
Contact: smulawacademy@smu.edu.sg. RSVP: . Type: Webinar & Online Learning. Seminars & Workshops. Talks & Forums. Subject: Law. Practice Area: Telecommunications & Media & Technology. Personal injury. Training Levels: Update – Prior knowledge not required but ideal.
Wednesday, May 6, 2026, 2:30 PM – 4:30 PM.
Webinar.
For more info visit law.smu.edu.sg. Advanced Certificate in Law and Technology Module 3: Applications of Data and AI in LegalTech
SMU Law Academy
Contact: smulawacademy@smu.edu.sg. RSVP: . Reserve a seat: https://registration.smu.edu.sg/RuntimeExternal/Runtime/Form/CRS.CourseRegistration/?CA=Technology%20%26%20Intelligent%20Systems&PRG=10432&MOD=24388&_ga=2.257687755.1965502871.1623058616-948450435.1616397375. Type: Seminars & Workshops. Training. Subject: Law. Practice Area: Telecommunications & Media & Technology. Training Levels: Foundation – No prior knowledge required.
Thursday, May 14, 2026, 9:00 AM – Friday, May 15, 2026, 5:00 PM.
Singapore Management University.
For more info visit law.smu.edu.sg. Yong Pung How Professorship of Law Lecture: Corporate National Identity: What Lawyers Are Missing
Centre for Cross Border Commercial Law in Asia
Who determines the national identity of a corporation, and on what basis? The standard legal tests — incorporation, real seat, corporate control through equity ownership — have long provided a working answer. That answer is no longer sufficient. Corporate national identity has become a site of intense contestation and a first-order governance issue for boards, states, and markets — a development with profound practical and scholarly consequences.
The stakes are especially high in Singapore, which has become the preferred redomiciliation destination for major Chinese firms seeking to mitigate geopolitical exposure. For lawyers, business leaders, and policymakers, understanding corporate national identity through the legal facet alone now produces material blind spots. This lecture introduces a framework that exposes what the traditional legal lens misses. The implications reach across cross-border M&A, corporate governance, and the capacity of corporate law to absorb the geopolitical pressures now reshaping i…
Fee(s): Complimentary. Contact: ccla@smu.edu.sg. Speaker Details: Professor Dan W. Puchniak, Yong Pung How Professor of Law, Singapore Management University
Director, Centre for Commercial Law in Asia, Singapore Management University
European Corporate Governance Institute; Co-Editor, Independent Directors in Asia (Cambridge University Press)
Dr. Dan W. Puchniak is the Yong Pung How Professor at the Yong Pung How School of Law (SMU) and a Research Member of the European Corporate Governance Institute. He is a leading authority on the law concerning independent… RSVP:
Seats are limited. Registration closes 8 May 2026 or when the capacity limit is reached, whichever is earlier. Type: Seminars & Workshops. Subject: Law.
Thursday, May 21, 2026, 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM.
Level 4 Function Lounge
Singapore Management University
Yong Pung How School of Law
55 Armenian Street
Singapore 179943.
For more info visit site.smu.edu.sg. STARI Lunchtime Seminar - Global Tax Policy Developments and the Future of International Taxation
Centre for Cross Border Commercial Law in Asia
Fee(s): Public: SGD54.50 per pax inclusive of 9% GST (non-refundable)
SMU Faculty or SMU Students: Complimentary. Contact: ccla@smu.edu.sg. Speaker Details: 1) Professor John Vella
Professor of Law
University of Oxford
2) Professor Georg Kofler
Professor for International Tax Law
Vienna University of Economics and Business
Chair: Associate Professor Darren Koh
Vice Dean and Head, Taxation Programme
Singapore University of Social Sciences. RSVP: . Type: Seminars & Workshops. Subject: Accounting. Law.
Friday, May 22, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:45 PM.
Function Lounge 4-02, Level 4, Yong Pung How School of Law, Singapore Management University.
For more info visit law.smu.edu.sg. ASEAN Cities and International Law
SMU Law Academy
Contact: smulawacademy@smu.edu.sg. RSVP: . Type: Webinar & Online Learning. Seminars & Workshops. Talks & Forums. Subject: Law. International. Practice Area: International Law. Training Levels: Update – Prior knowledge not required but ideal.
Friday, May 22, 2026, 2:30 PM – 4:30 PM.
Webinar.
For more info visit law.smu.edu.sg. 21st International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Law (ICAIL) 2026
Centre for Digital Law
Contact: cdl@smu.edu.sg. RSVP:
Registration is not opened. Please join our mailing list to receive updates. Type: Seminars & Workshops. Conferences & Symposiums. Talks & Forums. Subject: Law.
Monday, June 8, 2026, 9:00 AM – Friday, June 12, 2026, 6:00 PM.
SMU Yong Pung How School of Law.
For more info visit site.smu.edu.sg. Recent Highlights in Contract Law
SMU Law Academy
Contact: smulawacademy@smu.edu.sg. RSVP: . Type: Webinar & Online Learning. Seminars & Workshops. Talks & Forums. Subject: Law. Practice Area: Corporate/Commercial. Training Levels: General – Default. Include activities with mixed levels.
Friday, June 12, 2026, 2:30 PM – 4:30 PM.
Webinar.
For more info visit law.smu.edu.sg. Advanced Certificate in Law and Technology Module 4: Legal Innovation
SMU Law Academy
Contact: smulawacademy@smu.edu.sg. RSVP: . Reserve a seat: https://registration.smu.edu.sg/RuntimeExternal/Runtime/Form/CRS.CourseRegistration/?CA=Technology%20%26%20Intelligent%20Systems&PRG=10432&MOD=24388&_ga=2.257687755.1965502871.1623058616-948450435.1616397375. Type: Seminars & Workshops. Training. Subject: Law. Practice Area: Professional Skills. Training Levels: Foundation – No prior knowledge required.
Thursday, June 18, 2026, 9:00 AM – Friday, June 19, 2026, 5:00 PM.
Singapore Management University.
For more info visit law.smu.edu.sg. AI, Law & Responsible Use
SMU Law Academy
RSVP: . Type: Talks & Forums. Seminars & Workshops. Lectures. Subject: Law. Practice Area: Corporate/Commercial. Telecommunications & Media & Technology. Training Levels: General – Default. Include activities with mixed levels.
Friday, July 3, 2026, 2:30 PM – 5:30 PM.
Singapore Management University.
For more info visit law.smu.edu.sg. Advanced Certificate in Law and Technology Module 5: Blockchain, Cryptocurrencies and Smart Contracts
SMU Law Academy
Contact: smulawacademy@smu.edu.sg. RSVP: . Reserve a seat: https://registration.smu.edu.sg/RuntimeExternal/Runtime/Form/CRS.CourseRegistration/?CA=Technology%20%26%20Intelligent%20Systems&PRG=10432&MOD=24388&_ga=2.257687755.1965502871.1623058616-948450435.1616397375. Type: Seminars & Workshops. Training. Webinar & Online Learning. Subject: Law. Practice Area: Telecommunications & Media & Technology. Training Levels: Foundation – No prior knowledge required.
Monday, July 6, 2026, 9:00 AM – Tuesday, July 7, 2026, 5:00 PM.
Singapore Management University.
For more info visit law.smu.edu.sg. Advanced Certificate in Law and Technology Module 2: Essentials of Legaltech - Digitalisating Legal Work
SMU Law Academy
Contact: smulawacademy@smu.edu.sg. RSVP: . Reserve a seat: https://registration.smu.edu.sg/RuntimeExternal/Runtime/Form/CRS.CourseRegistration/?CA=Technology%20%26%20Intelligent%20Systems&PRG=10432&MOD=24388&_ga=2.257687755.1965502871.1623058616-948450435.1616397375. Type: Seminars & Workshops. Training. Subject: Law. Practice Area: Professional Skills. Training Levels: Foundation – No prior knowledge required.
Monday, July 13, 2026, 9:00 AM – Tuesday, July 14, 2026, 5:00 PM.
Singapore Management University.
For more info visit law.smu.edu.sg. Beyond Instinct: Evidence-Based Negotiation for Legal Practice
SMU Law Academy
Contact: smulawacademy@smu.edu.sg. RSVP: . Type: Webinar & Online Learning. Seminars & Workshops. Talks & Forums. Subject: Law. Practice Area: Professional Skills. Mandatory Ethics Component (Ethics and Professional Standards). Training Levels: General – Default. Include activities with mixed levels.
Wednesday, July 22, 2026, 2:30 PM – 4:30 PM.
Webinar.
For more info visit law.smu.edu.sg. Advanced Certificate in Law and Technology Module 8: Crimes of the Digital Economy
SMU Law Academy
Contact: smulawacademy@smu.edu.sg. RSVP: . Reserve a seat: https://registration.smu.edu.sg/RuntimeExternal/Runtime/Form/CRS.CourseRegistration/?CA=Technology%20%26%20Intelligent%20Systems&PRG=10432&MOD=24388&_ga=2.257687755.1965502871.1623058616-948450435.1616397375. Type: Seminars & Workshops. Training. Subject: Law. Practice Area: Crime. Training Levels: Foundation – No prior knowledge required.
Thursday, July 30, 2026, 9:00 AM – Friday, July 31, 2026, 5:00 PM.
Singapore Management University.
For more info visit law.smu.edu.sg. Advanced Certificate in Law and Technology Module Module 9: Digital Assets and IP Disputes
SMU Law Academy
Contact: smulawacademy@smu.edu.sg. RSVP: . Reserve a seat: https://registration.smu.edu.sg/RuntimeExternal/Runtime/Form/CRS.CourseRegistration/?CA=Technology%20%26%20Intelligent%20Systems&PRG=10432&MOD=24388&_ga=2.257687755.1965502871.1623058616-948450435.1616397375. Type: Seminars & Workshops. Training. Subject: Law. Practice Area: Intellectual Property. Training Levels: Foundation – No prior knowledge required.
Thursday, July 30, 2026, 9:00 AM – Friday, July 31, 2026, 5:00 PM.
Singapore Management University.
For more info visit law.smu.edu.sg. Advanced Certificate in Law and Technology Module 6: Legal issues in AI and Machine Learning
SMU Law Academy
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Monday, August 3, 2026, 9:00 AM – Tuesday, August 4, 2026, 5:00 PM.
Online.
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