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Ireland is entering a new chapter in VAT modernisation. With EU-wide digital reporting reforms accelerating, this session provides direct insight from Revenue into Ireland’s roadmap, strategic objectives and what businesses should expect next.
Discussion points:
- Implementation Roadmap
- Work to date – Revenue and EU Commission
- Next steps – Revenue and Stakeholders
Hear from industry experts
Speakers
Davena Lyons
Davena Lyons is a Principal Officer in the Revenue Commissioner’s Collector General’s Division, with over 23 years of experience across a diverse range of remits. She is responsible for business delivery and change management of Revenue’s VAT Modernisation programme, including implementation of the EU’s VAT in the Digital Age (ViDA) and Ireland’s domestic roll-out of eInvoicing. She oversees Revenue’s VAT repayments, the Division’s contact centre and debt management programmes. She has significant experience in delivering large scale national priorities, including the administration of the Debt Warehousing Scheme and pandemic and energy business support schemes. Earlier roles included leading multiple teams across audit and compliance, insolvency, analytics and policy development.
Karen Dunne
Karen Dunne is a senior manager at Ireland’s Office of the Revenue Commissioners with over 18 years of public service, responsible for a portfolio of EU‑mandated VAT programmes, including the VAT One Stop Shop (OSS) schemes, the VAT Information Exchange System (VIES), and the VAT SME scheme. Drawing on a career that combines hands-on IT application development across internal platforms and public-facing services with operational experience in the Collector General’s Division, she is centrally involved in modernising Ireland’s VAT administration. Karen also oversees the business implementation of the European Commission’s VAT in the Digital Age (ViDA) proposals, ensuring legislative changes are effectively embedded in Revenue’s internal processes and systems.
