Katarzyna Anna Fras-van den Bongard gained practical experience in VAT through roles in both the private sector (PwC Amsterdam, Andersen Tax & Legal) and public institutions (the European Commission’s DG TAXUD). She studied law in Poland, Germany, Italy, and the United States, and earned an LLM in International and European Tax Law from Maastricht University.
Since 2019, she has been a PhD researcher and lecturer at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, where she is writing her dissertation on the use of Artificial Intelligence in the field of VAT. She is actively involved in teaching and curriculum development in the area of Tax & Technology, both at the graduate and postgraduate level, and is affiliated with Tilburg University. Her work bridges legal, technological, and policy perspectives on taxation in the digital age.
