Professional Affairs Conference on 1 December 2010

CFE PAC Conference: “A developing relationship: tax authority – taxpayer – tax adviser”

The European Conference on Tax Advisers' Professional Affairs organised by the Confédération Fiscale Européenne (CFE) took place on 1 December 2010 in Düsseldorf/Germany.

The conference addressed the recent efforts of tax administrations to increase compliance of taxpayers through various initiatives that do or do not include tax advisers. Tax authorities in different countries have chosen different approaches such as increasing transparency through additional disclosure obligations, enhanced mutual trust, compliance monitoring by tax advisers or risk management by tax authorities. It seems worth asking whether these new forms of cooperation created to win-win-situations for all parties involved or to what extent they had the effect of preventing taxpayers from making use of their rights.

The half-day conference sought to provide views from France, Germany, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands, including both tax administrations and businesses.

Presentations

• Prof. Dr. Axel Pestke

  Session 1: Public Administration

• Chris Tailby
• Jean-Pierre Lieb

  Session 2: Private Business Sector

• Karl-Heinz Haydl and Matthias Feldt

  Session 3: Academical / International View

• Prof. Dr. van Kommer and Anuschka Bakker

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