Matthijs Appelman joined the Department of Tax Law as PhD Fellow in September 2023.

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Education

Matthijs Appelman completed a bachelor's degree in political science at the VU University (2014), the Research Master Social Sciences at the UvA (2017) and the post-initial master's in tax law at Radboud University (2020).

Career

Matthijs worked at PwC Nederland from September 2018 to August 2023. In the first three years, he rotated as a Tax Trainee within the tax advice practice across various tax law departments. During the last two years he worked at the Knowledge Center (tax technical office), where he worked as a tax expert and information analyst. There was particular focus on Tax Technology, the confluence of tax advice and digital developments.

Furthermore, from August 2021 to July 2023, Matthijs worked one day a week as a lecturer in tax law at Radboud University. He gave tutorials in the courses 'Income Tax' and 'Income and Corporate Tax' and supervised master's theses.

As of September 2023, Matthijs has been working full-time at the Department of Tax Law at Leiden Law School as a PhD Fellow.

Research areas

Matthijs' research focuses on the taxation of middle and lower incomes. There is particular interest in income tax and its confluence with the income dependent benefits system and social security. There is also an interest in following an interdisciplinary research approach and combining social/political sciences and legal research.

The doctoral research focuses on partnership as reflected in various tax laws, the income dependent benefits system and social security. Areas of focus are the legitimation grounds and coherence of different concepts.

Teaching activities

Matthijs gives lectures and gives tutorials in the courses 'Direct Taxes I' and 'Income and Corporation Tax'. He also supervises theses.