11月15日下午，英国亚伯大学商学院金融会计经济系主任Megan Williams到访管理学院，并在4-B510作了主题为《when is a cake, not a
cake?(Taxation issues in the UK)》的学术报告，报告由管理学院副院长符刚主持。
Megan以中国和英国税收的对比，引入了英国税收问题，通过生动形象的举例，深入浅出地讲解了英国税收的基本情况。从农场主出售鹅毛到最终制成枕头在社会上销售的例子，浅显易懂地说明了进项税与销项税的区别；以姜饼人这一食物的例子，让听众分清了标准税率、低税率与零税率的区别。通过Megan的报告，同学们了解了英国的税收制度，拓展了知识，开拓了视野，也对亚伯大学和英国的生活有了更深入的了解。此次报告，不仅有管理学院师生来到现场，更吸引了其他学院学生到场聆听，在报告尾声，同学们踊跃发言提问，与Megan充分交流，收益良多。
主讲人简介：
Megan
Williams is a Senior Lecturer in Accounting working at Aberystwyth University
for the past seventeen years. During this time she has taught
predominantly financial and management accounting at all levels to
Undergraduate and Postgraduate students. In addition she has undertaken
roles such as Head for Accounting, Finance and Economics, Undergraduate
Programme Director, Admissions Tutor to name but a few! Prior to joining the
university Megan was a practising CIMA accountant working in various industries
as diverse from steel to turkey processing for Cargill one of the world’s
largest private companies.
