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CFE Forum 2009
The CFE annual Forum will be held on 23 April 2009. The Forum will take place at the Representation of the State Saxony-Anhalt to the European Union in Brussels.
CFE Forum Topics 2009:
Direct Taxation
Report: German seminar on the impact of ECJ decisions
Dr. Herbert Becherer, CFE vice-president from 2009, reports from a Seminar on the impact of ECJ decisions on national and international rules on direct and indirect taxation. The seminar was held in Berlin 17-18 November 2008.
Note! The report is written in German. An English report will be found in the next CFE Newsletter.
Interview with Stephen Coleclough
An interview with Stephen Coleclough, President-elect of the CFE, was published in the International Accounting Bulletin (Arvid Hickman, Issue 438, p 4, 31 October 2008, www.worldaccountingintelligence.com )
Romanian Chamber of Fiscal Consultants - International Seminar
The Romanian Chamber of Fiscal Consultants organized on November 4, 2008, in Bucharest, an International Seminar on “The Tax Consultant profession against the European background”.
The future CFE President, Stephen Coleclough, was invited to speak about “The Confédération Fiscale Européenne (CFE) and its role in organising fiscal consultancy in Europe”.
For more detailed information please see Mr Coleclough’s presentation.
Video recordings of the CFE Forum 2008
The video recordings of the CFE Forum 2008, which took place in Brussels on 3 April 2008, are accessible for the public.
The morning session “The Taxpayer‘s Charter -a Model for Europe?” examined the recent thinking and debated the role that Taxpayer’s Charters can play in improving the tax systems in all countries to the benefit of revenue authorities, taxpayers and tax advisers.
Speech by Commissioner Kovács
Commissioner Kovács held a speech at European Platform for 3rd Country Finance Centres about “The EU and the International Financial Centres - Convergence or Divergence?”in Brussels 14 October 2008.
CFE Meetings in Madrid
From Thursday 25 to Saturday 27 of September 2008 the CFE meetings took place in Madrid. The technical meetings of the General Assembly, the Fiscal Committee, the Professional Affairs Committee and the Advisory Board of the Past Presidents were held at the Hotel Ritz Madrid. The Hotel provided a beautiful setting in the centre of Madrid, just next to the Prado Museum and Plaza Mayor.
General Assembly
Interview with Stella Raventós-Calvo
An interview with Stella Raventós-Calvo, Chair of the CFE Task Force on ECJ Cases, was published in the Tax Notes International (September 22 2008, p. 1022).