About us

VAT & ED Automation BV is founded by Robbert Hoogeveen in 2010 and is focused on the automation of VAT and Excise Duty requirements in ERP systems with SAP as the most important ERP system.

Robbert Hoogeveen has more than 25 years of indirect tax and technology experience.

Over the course of his career, Robbert has managed global projects with a focus on international VAT and excise duty issues for Shell International. Prior to that Robbert was a Tax auditor, specialized in IT auditing within the Dutch Tax authorities (1990-2002) where he audited midsize and multinational taxpayers. Robbert has worked extensively in the following areas:

•   Review of international VAT and Excise duty legal and fiscal requirement in 12+ European and 8 non European countries including China and the US

•   Design and implementation of Sarbanes-Oxley control framework for Indirect Tax

•   Implemented a VAT solution in an European SAP system covering 10+ countries

•   Manage 3 global SAP/Sabrix implementations

•   Design and support a European Tax Engine implementation for a Trading company with non standard interfaces and legacy trading systems

•   Implementation of new VAT legislation in ERP system in The Bahamas (Peoplesoft) and GCC (SAP)

•   Implemented the “Taxmarc” VAT solution in an SAP system covering 12+ countries

•   Operational maintenance of the “Taxmarc” SAP tax engine for a multinational company with global coverage

•   Design and implementation of SAP SAFT Add-on solution for Poland, Lithuania, Spain and Norway

•   Development of work-around solutions for SAFT solutions for Portugal, Poland and Lithuania

•   Design a global model for VAT determination, including defining VAT sensitive master reference data, reconciliation and compliance processes

Within Shell International Robbert was an in-house VAT and Excise Duty advisor, Indirect Tax Manager for the Netherlands and the global design architect for managing indirect tax. Robbert has extensive knowledge of indirect tax technology, including tax engines (Sabrix/OneSource), tax compliance and reporting solutions.