Fiscal Committee

About the work of the Committee

CFE undertakes to make the voice of tax advisers as the representatives of the taxpayers known to the EU Institutions and the OECD. The main task of the Fiscal Committee is to cast a critical eye on tax-related (draft) EU legislation and case-law. The CFE Opinion Statements in tax issues focus on problems relating to the practical application of EU legislation and case-law and on how to solve them, heavily emphasising the need for simplification.

The opinion statements of the CFE  are highly appreciated by the European Institutions and by the OECD due to their very objective nature and the experience of practitioners they contain.

The Fiscal Committee is composed of experts from the 33 member organisations of the CFE belonging to 24 different European countries.

The chairman of the Fiscal Committee is Gottfried Schellmann (AT). In order to facilitate the organisation of the fiscal work, the Fiscal Committee is divided into direct and indirect taxation sub-committees. The chairman of the Indirect Taxation Sub-Committee is Christian Amand (BE) and the chairman of the Direct Taxation Sub-Committee is Ian Young (UK).

Photos from the Fiscal Committee meeting in Brussels in April 2009:

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• Opinion Statements
• CFE Tax Reports