Loes van Hulten, lecturer in economics of taxation, is presented the Stevens Prize on Friday 4 February. The prize is named after Leo Stevens, emeritus professor of tax law at Erasmus School of Economics and annually awarded by Wolters Kluwer to a young author (35 years or younger) who can articulate complex tax matters in a simple, easy to understand way.
Van Hulten is a specialist in international tax law and affiliated with the Fiscaal Economisch Instituut (FEI BV) as a scientific assistant. She has a penchant for technical subjects, such as the tax liability measure for reverse hybrid entities. She also likes to write about treaty provisions. Both her scientific publications and her teaching generally focus on international and European tax law. She recently completed her dissertation, which she hopes to defend later this year. Her PhD research focuses on group approaches in tax treaties. In addition to her work for FEI BV, Loes van Hulten is affiliated with the Netherlands Knowledge Management department (the former Scientific Bureau) of Deloitte.
‘Overwhelmed by all the positive reactions’
Loes van Hulten is pleasantly surprised: ‘The nomination was already a great honour for me and it is wonderful that I have actually won the prize. The praise from the jury is an encouragement for me to continue writing. Altogether, I am overwhelmed by all the positive reactions I have received.’
Jury verdict
The jury feels that Loes van Hulten's professional publications have made an important contribution to identifying bottlenecks in legislative proposals in her field. In addition, she critically follows existing legislation through annotations, articles, and comments.
About the Stevens Prize
The Stevens Prize is named after Leo Stevens, emeritus professor of tax law at Erasmus School of Economics. The prize is awarded annually by Wolters Kluwer to a young author who knows how to articulate complex tax matters in a simple way. In addition to the honour, Loes van Hulten receives an amount of 2,000 euros and a work of art that is made every year especially for the winner. For Van Hulten, artist and biologist Deirdre Lagas created a bronze bird with a feather.