The Director General of the Directorate-General for Taxation and Customs Union (TAXUD) of the European Commission has appointed the European Tax Adviser Federation (ETAF) as a member of its Platform for Tax Good Governance.
Welcoming the news, ETAF President Philippe Arraou commented: “ETAF has already been a member of the Platform from 2016 to 2019 and is absolutely delighted to contribute again to this important forum. In addition to our tax expertise, we do believe that our federation’s strong focus on professional law and the regulation of tax advisers will provide valuable and different insights to the Platform’s work. We fully rely on the local and international experience and knowledge of Mr Mitterlehner, Mr Magyar and Mr Rech to represent ETAF members position”.
Our main representative, Andreas Mitterlehner, is an Austrian tax adviser and an active and committed member of our Austrian member’s (KSW) Professional Expert Committee for Tax and Social Law. Currently Managing Partner of ICON Wirtschaftstreuhand GmbH, he has accumulated 10 years of experience in tax, including in corporate and group tax law, international tax planning, cross-border taxation and tax compliance. His outstanding technical expertise and professional experience are highly valued by the Austrian profession and ETAF.
Csaba Magyar, our first alternate, has more than 10 years of expertise in the field of tax planning and international taxation, both as a qualified international tax expert and member of our Hungarian member (MOKLASZ) as well as in the Hungarian Tax Authority. Currently Managing Partner at Crystal Worldwide Magyar Law Firm, he deals with tax conventions and complex investment structures on a daily basis. As Head of the International Tax Control Unit in the Hungarian Tax Authority, he was previously in charge of several multilateral tax controls involving numerous EU countries and their tax authorities.
Christian Rech, our second alternate,is currently a partner of the tax consultancy Rech Wagner GmbH in Germany and a certified accountant under the law of Luxembourg. Mr Rech is a member of the board of our German member (DStV) and a member of DStV’s expert group on Justice and Professional law. He is also a member of the Board of the German Tax Adviser Federation and a member of the Board of the association of tax advisers in Rheinland Pfalz.
The Platform for Tax Good Governance brings together non-government and government stakeholders to exchange views on issues concerning tax transparency, exchange of information for tax purposes, fair and efficient taxation, cross-border taxation, fight against aggressive tax planning, double taxation and double non-taxation. It has the important task to advise the European Commission on the priorities for action as well as the appropriate means and instruments to achieve progress in these areas. The mandate of the Platform will run until June 2029. Its first meeting took place on Friday 13 September 2024.
