Country contacts

The Taxpayers Association of Europe (TAE) currently comprises the national taxpayers’ organisations and organisations from the following countries: Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Greece, the United Kingdom, Italy, Luxembourg, Lithuania, Latvia, the Netherlands, Norway, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, Serbia, Slovenia, Slovakia, Spain, the Czech Republic, Ukraine, Hungary and Belarus.

Below is a list of all global taxpayers’ and partner organisations.
Members of the Taxpayers Association of Europe (TAE) are marked in blue. Observers are marked with an *.
Full members are granted observer status if they have not paid their membership fees for two consecutive years. They remain members but do not have voting rights.

The addresses correspond to the information provided by the respective organisation. The TAE therefore cannot guarantee their accuracy or completeness.

A

ARMENIA
Armenian Taxpayers Union
Vardanants 16/1
Yerevan 375010
Armenia
Tel: 3741 56 55 37, 45 84 04
Fax: 3741 45 84 04
President Mr Gagik Tahantshpanyan
E-mail:
gagik@xar.am apet@wev.am
AUSTRALIA Taxpayers‘ Australia
www.taxpayer.com.au
GPO Box 292
EAST KEW, Victoria 3102
Australia
Tel: 61 3-9819 7944
Fax: 61 3-9819 7720
Email: peter@taxpayer.com.au
Mr Peter McDonald, National Director
Mobile: 61 419 300 879
Website: www.taxpayer.com.au
Email: pmcdonald@taxpayer.com.au
AUSTRIA Austrian Taxpayers Association
www.steuerzahler.at
(VÖS – Taxpayers’ Association)
Bösendorferstr. 9
A-1010 Vienna
Austria
Tel: 43 1 501 55
Email: office@steuerzahler.at
President: Dr Oliver Ginthör
Email: richard.elhenicky@bakertillyaustria.at
Website:
www.steuerzahler.at Secretary General: Richard Elhenický

B

BELARUS *
Belarusian Union of Taxpayers
15 Kozirevskaya St.
220028 Minsk

Belarus Mr Anatoly Trukhanovich
Chairman of the Board
Email: adlminsk@mail.by
Tel: 37 517 211 11 50
Fax: 37 517 297 36 78
Lena Zenkovcich* (speaks English)
Tel: 375 172 11 17 59
Mr Alexander Kalinin, Vice-Chairman
E-mail:
euroatra@telecom.by Tel: 375 17 295 54 80
Mobile: 375 29 676 06 62BELGIUM
WeCitizens
Belgian Taxpayers Association
Avenue Winston Churchill 149
B-1180 Brussels.
E-mail: info@wecitizens.be
Tel.: 0032 (0)497 527751
Website: www.wecitizens.be
Jean-Paul PinonBELGIUM
Belgian Taxpayers Association
(Association des Contribuables de Belgique)
Av. Louise 304/5, Brussels
Tel: 32 85 23 43 58
Fax: 32 85 23 66 40
Email: rassemblement_des_contribuables@busmail.net
Administration:
Rue Sous-le-Chateau 66-68
4500 Huy

BRAZIL
Brazilian Taxpayers‘ Association
(Associacao Brasileira de Contribuintes)
Av. Amaral Peixoto, 479/505
CEP 24.020.072
NITEROI – RJ
STATE OF RIO DE JANEIRO
Brazil
Tel: 55 21 21 719 96 34 or 55 21 21 617 62 30
Fax: 55 21 21 719 96 34
Mobile: 55 21 21 9986 9914
E-mail:
marconi@nitnet.com.br Mr Gilberto de Carvalho, Vice President

BULGARIA
Union of Bulgarian Taxpayers
established 1991
2 Orel Street,
1407 SOFIA
Bulgaria
Tel/Fax: 35928680279
Mobile: 359888680279
Chairman Mr Nikolay Popov
Founder & Honorary Chairman: Prof. PhD Velcho Stoyanov
Emails:
ubt@mail.bg nikolay_popov@hotmail.com
Website: www.bulgariantaxpayers.org
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/bulgariantaxpayers.org

BULGARIA *
TAXPAYERS ASSOCIATION OF BULGARIA (TAEB)
9000 Varna, Bulgaria
92 „General Kolev“ Street
President: Jordan Krastev
Mobile: 359 888/ 32 58 02
Tel.: 359 52/ 30 32 10
Email: jordankrastev@abv.bg

BULGARIA
Bulgarian Association of Taxpayers – BAT
www.wiz.to/batwww.adb.hit.bg
113 Tzarigradsko Shosse, Office 404
1784 SOFIA
Bulgaria
Tel: 359 2 746013, 740182
Fax: 359 2 9861765
Chairman Dr Radko Khandjiev
Tel: 359 2740182, 36 1 2754654
Fax: 359 2 9861765, 36 1 2754654
E-mail: khan@pronet.hu
Secretary Mr Vesselin Iliev
Tel: 359 2 9894539
Fax: 359 2 9861765
E-mail: v.iliev@mb.bia-bg.com
Website: www.wiz.to

C

CANADA
Canadian Taxpayers Federation
www.taxpayer.com
#105-438 Victoria Avenue East
Regina, SASK. S4N ON7
Canada
Tel: 1 306 3527199
Fax: 1 306 352 7203
Mr Troy Lanigan, National Communications Director
Email: tlanigan@taxpayer.com
Website: www.taxpayer.com
Founded in 1990

CHILE
Lower Taxes in Chile
(Menos Impuestos para Chile)
www.mich.cl
Fernando Alessandri, founder
Email:
FAlessandri@mich.cl prequntas@mich.cl
Tel: 34 628 801 650

CHINA
Beijing International Taxation Research Society
Taxpayers Office
1, 3 District, An Yuan Dong Li,
Chao Yang District

Beijing 100029 CHINA
Mr Fengjiang Liu, Vice Chairman, Taxpayer Branch
Email: fjliu66@163.com
Mobile: 86 1390 1004485
Tel: 86 10 649 19265
Fax: 86 10 649 19270
Ms An Qu, Secretary (English speaking)
Email: probityfax@sohu.com or
anu_qu5@hotmail.com Mobile: 86 139 112 321 82
Ms Shuping Qiao, Manager of Income Tax Department, Manager of Training Department,
CEO Beijing Taxpayer Training Website
Email: qiaoshuping@sohu.com
Mobile: 86 1390 1237001
Mr Johnson Shi, Executive Director, Beijing Taxpayers Website
Email: johnsonshi@BJNSR.com
Tel: 86 1058691238
Fax: 86 1058690812
Websites:
www.BJNSR.com.cn www.bejingtaxpayer.com

COLOMBIA
Taxpayers Association of Colombia
(Colombia S.A. Soluciones & Acciones)
Cra. 19 No. 88-46
Bogotá, Colombia
Tel: 57 1 6447700, 57 1 6216031
Fax: 57 1 6162711, 57 1 6169991
Mr Pablo Trujillo Tealdo, Founder
Email: stollbro@latino.net.co

CROATIA
Lipa, Croatian Taxpayers Association
Hebrangova 21
41000 ZAGREB
Croatia
Tel: 385 41 211 380
E-mail: lipa@manjiporezi.hr
Website: www.manjiporezi.hr
Mr Zoran Low, Executive Manager

D

DENMARK *
Taxpayers Denmark
(Den Danske Skatteborgerforening)
P.O. Box 2276
DK-1025 Copenhagen K
Denmark
Tel: 45 70 25 30 60
Fax: 45 70 25 30 59
E-mail: kontakt@skatteborgerne.dk
Kurt Scheelbeck, Chairman
Tel: 45 45 99 52 48
Fax: 45 70 25 30 59
Mobile: 45 21 65 48 59
E-mail: kurt@skatteborgerne.dk
Jacob Wimpffen Braestrup
International Officer
Email: jw@braestrup.dk
Website:
www.skatteborgerne.dk Tel: 45 39 400 600
Mobile: 45 2020 3232

E

ESTONIA
Estonian Taxpayers Association
www.maksumaksjad.ee
(Eesti Maksumaksjate Liit)
Ahtri 6A, EE-10151 Tallinn
Erki Uustalu, Board Member
Margit Berko, Press Officer
Tel 372 626 4190
Fax 372 626 4199
E-mail info@maksumaksjad.ee
Website: www.maksumaksjad.ee

F

FINLAND
Taxpayers Association of Finland
(Veronmaksajain Keskusliitto ry)
Kalevankatu 4
SF-00100 HELSINKI 10
Finland
Tel: 358 9 618 871
Fax: 358 9 608 087
Dr Teemu Lehtinen, President
Tel: 358 9 618 87 300
Fax: 358 9 348 70 787
Email: teemu.lehtinen@veronmaksajat.fi
Website:
www.veronmaksajat.fi Home tel/fax: 358 9 510 21 21
Mobile: 358 40 4140 25

FRANCE
French Taxpayers Association
(Contribuables Associés)
13, Rue du Quatre Septembre
F-75002 PARIS
France
Tel: 33 1 42 21 16 24
Website: www.contribuables.org

G

GERMANY
German Taxpayers Association
www.steuerzahler.de
Bund der Steuerzahler e.V.
Reinhardtstraße 52
D-10117 Berlin
Germany
Tel: 49 30 25 93 96 – 0
Fax: 49 30 25 93 96 – 25
E-mail: info@steuerzahler.de
Reiner Holznagel, President
Mobile: 49 172 206 4205
E-mail:
R.Holznagel@steuerzahler.de Reiner Holznagel,
President

GERMANY / BAVARIA
Bavarian Taxpayers Association
www.steuerzahler-bayern.de
www.taxpayers-europe.org
(Bund der Steuerzahler in Bayern e.V.)
Nymphenburger Strasse 118
D-80636 MUNICH
Germany
Tel: 49 89 126 00 811
Fax: 49 89 126 00 827
Mr Rolf von Hohenhau, President,
E-mail: christine.oesterlein@steuerzahler-bayern.de
Mobile: 49 172 833 1711
Mr Michael Jäger, Secretary General of TAE
E-mail: michael.jaeger@taxpayers-europe.org
Tel: 49 89 126 00 820
Mobile: 49 173 200 1146

GREECE
Greek Taxpayers‘ Association*
Chairman Yannis Siatras
No 2 Mnisikleous Str.,
10556 Athens, Greece
Tel: 30 2103242032
Mobile: 30 6948259545
Email: greek.taxpayers@gmail.com
Website: www.forologoumenos.gr

H

I

ITALY
Taxpayers Association SOUTH TIROLIA*
Associazione contribuenti Sudtirolo
Uniun di contribuënć di Südtirol
I-39100 Bolzano, Südtirolerstraße / Via Alto Adige No. 40
Tel.: 39 392 5587520
Email:
info@robertjanek.eu President: ROBERT JANEK

ITALY *
Italian Taxpayers Association
(Associazione dei Contribuenti, ADC)
Mr Armanno Delvai, President
Via Spagnole 2B
I-37015 Domegliara (VR)
Italy
Fax: 39 045 2425 254
Email: marmi@defra.it

J

JAPAN
Japan Taxpayers Association
(Japan Association to Correct the Unfair Tax System)
KK Building 4F 2-12-9 Minami Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku,
TOKYO 171-0022
Japan
Tel: 81 3 5960 6672
Fax: 81 3 5960 6651
Website: www.taxpayers.jp/e-index.html
Dr Hirohisa Kitano, President
E-mail: kitano8@amber.plala.or.jp
Mr Chika Mochizuki, Director of Information, Secretary to the President
E-mail: mochika@law.ritsumei.ac.jp

K

KAZAKHSTAN
Kazakhstan Tax Standard Formation Fund
10 Abai Avenue, office 209
Almaty, 480100
Republic of Kazakhstan
Email: taxfund@taxfund.samal.kz
Director Ms Natolya Yantsen
Tel: 7 3272 72 76 15
Fax: 7 3272 72 76 16
Dr Evgeniy Porohov, Tax Lawyer
Email: mail@tax-expert.kz
Mobile: 7 333 225 3288

KENYA
Taxpayers Kenya
Jerry Kiwoi, founder
Email: jerrykiwoi@yahoo.com
Mobile: 254 2722 616149

KYRGYZSTAN
Union of Taxpayers of Kyrgyzstan
40 Erkindik Boulevard Apt. 6
Bishkek 720001
Kyrgyz Republic
Tel: 996 312663150, 662733, 661308
Vice President Mrs Irina Kemple
Executive Director Mrs Damira Yusupova
Email:
damira@ard-checchi.kg taxadvic@elcat.kg
Tel: 996 312 662733
Fax: 996 312 662733

L

LATVIA
„Latvian Taxpayers‘ Rights Association“
(Latvijas nodokļu maksātāju tiesību asociācija)
Registration number: 40008127201
Ģertrūdes iela 20-6a, Rīga, LV-1011
Contact Person: Ms Dana Muceniece, Chairwoman of the Board
Phone: 371 2694078
E-mail address: dana.muceniece@taxpayers-latvia.lv
Website: http://taxpayers-latvia.lv/
LITHUANIA
Lithuanian Taxpayers Association
(Lietuvos Mokesciu Moketoju Sajunga)
Traku Str. 3/2
LT-2100 Vilnius
Lithuania
Tel/Fax: 370 2685929, 2 685 930, 2 685 931
Ms Danguolė Pranckenienė, President
Email:
danguole@taxpayers.lt Assistant: Jelena Voilo (speaks English)
Email:
jelena@mooretephens.lt
LUXEMBOURG *
Taxpayers Luxembourg
Prof. Dr. Fred Reinertz, President
33, Rue de l’Europe
L-7225 Bereldange
Tel: 352 305 895
Fax: 352 307 927
E-mail: reinertz@pt.lu

N

NETHERLANDS *
Dutch Taxpayers Association (currently inactive)
(Nederlandse Vereniging Personal Finance)
Leeuwenveldseweg 3
PO Box 5017
1380 GA Weesp
Holland
Tel: 31 294 239 632
Fax: 31 294 239 630
Website:www.nvpf.nl
Ref: Dennis Pereira, President
E-mail: d.pereira@triple-i-group.nl

NORWAY *
Norwegian Taxpayers Association
(Skattebetalerforeningen)
Postboks 213 Sentrum
N-0103 OSLO 1
Norway
Tel: 47 22 97 97 02
Fax: 47 22 33 71 87
Website: www.skatt.no
Ref: Karine Ugland Virik, President
E-mail: kuv@skatt.no

P

PHILIPPINES
Philippine Taxpayers Union
Philippine Taxpayers Union Foundation, Inc
Unit 313, Chateau Verde,
Valle Verde I, Pasig City,
Metro Manila
Philippines 1600
Tel: 632 671 2697
Fax: 632 671 7743
Website: www.taxpayersunion.org
Dr Veredigno Atienza, Chairman and President
E-mail: vpatienza@atienza.net
Mobile: 63 917 986 8496
Atty. Perry Doroja, Executive Vice President
E-mail: perrydoroja@yahoo.com
Mobile: 63 917 986 8496
Taxpayers Foundation founded in 2001 and
Taxpayers Union founded in 2004

POLAND
Warsaw Enterprise Institute (WEI)
President: Tomasz Wróblewski
Phone: 48 22 769 93 56
Email: office@wei.org.pl
Website: www.wei.org.pl

PORTUGAL
Taxpayers Association Portugal (APC)
APC – Associação Portuguesa de Contribuintes
President: Filipe Charters de Azevedo
Email: geral@contribuintes.pt
Website: www.contribuintes.pt

R

ROMANIA
Asociatia pentru Reformarea Sistemului de Impozite si Taxe (ARSIT)
Association for the Tax System Reform
Drumul Sabareni 24-26, office 1D301t,
sector 6, Bucharest, Romania
President: Mr Octavian Radu
Executive Director: Delia Catarama
Website: www.arsit.org.ro
Email:
office@arsit.org.ro delia.catarama@arsit.org.ro
Tel: 40 213 124 148
Fax: 40 213 124 148

RUSSIA *
Russian Taxpayers Association
25/9 Sivtsev Vrazhek Lane, Block 1
Moscow 119002, Russia
Tel: 7 495 6019102 or 7 495 7877776
Fax 7-495 6019102 or 7 495 7877776
Acting President – Mr Arkady Murashev
Email: chief@clcp.ru
Acting Vice-President (International Relations) – Dr Yevgeny Volk
Email:
volkyev@yandex.ru Executive Director – Ms Sofia Chernogortseva

RUSSIA*
Russian Taxpayers Union
2/1 Semenovskaya nab.
Moscow 105094
Russia
Tel: 7 095 360 8386,1786
Fax: 7 095 360 2235
Email: info@patera.ru
Board member Mr Sergey Parkhomenko
Tel: 7 095 787 0336
Fax: 095 360 8386
President Mr Igor Sobolev
E-mail: isoboev@list.ru
Mobile: 7 095 502 3001

S

SLOVENIA
Slovenian Taxpayers Association
Deckova ulica 48
3000 Celje, Slovenia
Contact: Maruša Pozvek
Email:
marusa.pozvek@gmail.com
SPAIN
Institución Futuro
Plaza del Palacio 4 bajo
31620 Gorraiz – Navarra (Spain)
T 34 948337900
F 34 948337904
E-mail: info@ifuturo.org
Email: director@ifuturo.org
Website:
www.ifuturo.org Communications: Ana Yerro
Email:
comunicacion@ifuturo.org
SPAIN
Think Tank Civismo
C/Monasterio de Alloz, 4, 1C
31008 Pamplona-Navarra (Spain)
T 34 948 15 08 20
Email: info@civismo.org
Website: www.civismo.org
President: Julio Pomés
Email: presidente@civismo.org
Head of Research: Cristina Berechet
Email:
jefeinvestigacion@civismo.org
SWEDEN
Swedish Taxpayers Association
(Skattebetalarnas förening)
PO Box 3319
SE-103 66 STOCKHOLM
Sweden
Visiting address: Sveavägen 66
Tel: 46 8 613 17 00
Website: www.skattebetalarna.se
CEO: Christian Ekström
Tel: 46 8 613 17 00
Email: christian.ekstrom@skattebetalarna.se
Executive Assistant: Marzena Doberhof Platin
Tel: 46 8-613 17 00
Mobile: 46 76-535 17 45
E-mail: Marzena.Doberhof@skattebetalarna.se

T

TANZANIA
Taxpayers Association of Tanzania (TATA)
Saoligo Holdings Limited
THA – Building
Sokoine Drive Avenue
P.O. Box 2259
DAR ES SALAAM
Tanzania
Mr Otieno Igogo, Executive Chairman
Tel: 255 222 126 566
Fax: 255 222 124 337
Mobile 255 741 766 077
E-mail:
oigogo@yahoo.com
TURKEY
Turkish Taxpayers Association
http://vavek.org.tr/
(VAVEK-Vatandaþýn Vergisini Koruma Derneði)
Tunus Cad. No:57/1 Kavaklýdere
06680 Ankara/TURKEY
Tel: 90 312 426 01 80
Fax: 90 312 426 63 63
Email:
vavek@vavek.org.tr Ms Leyla Ateþ – Director of
External Relations Email: leylaates@hotmail.com

U

UGANDA
National Taxpayers and Tax Protection Organisation
P.O. Box 7238
Kampala, Uganda
Email: n_tapo@taxpayersuganda.org
Director General Mr Joseph Kasibante
Tel: 256 41 26 89 24, 25 67 40
Fax: 256 41 34 66 18
Mobile: 256 71 26 8924
Email:
jkasibante@taxpayersuganda.org
UNITED KINGDOM
Tax Payers‘ Alliance – TPA
55 Tufton Street
LONDON SW1P 3QL
United Kingdom
Telephone: 44 20 7998 1450
Website: www.taxpayersalliance.com
John O’Connell, Chief Executive
Email: john.oconnell@taxpayersalliance.com
Sara Rainwater, Operations Director
Email: sara.rainwater@taxpayersalliance.com
Emma Bennett, Finance Director
Email: emma.bennett@taxpayersalliance.com
Founders: Matthew Elliott and Andrew Allum

UKRAINE
UNGO „Taxpayers Association Ukraine“
83-D, Yurii Illenko Str., P.O. Box 25
Kiev
04119 Ukraine
Email: info-appu@ukr.net
25 regional and 105 local branches of the UNGO TAU
Tel: 380 97 337 69 89
Website: www.appu.org.ua
President of the UNGO TAU – Grigol Katamadze
Director General of the UNGO TAU – Lyudmila Herasimenko

UKRAINE
International Committee for the Protection of Taxpayers’ Rights
in Eastern Europe and Central Asia (English speaking)
Larissa Apasova, (Director) Secretary General ITC, Mrs Apasova
6 Pokrovskaya
Street 07300 Vyshgorod, (Mezhigorie)
Kyiv Oblast

Ukraine Email: office@taxpayersnetworking.org
Tel: 38 044 3617894
Fax: 380 99 66 73182
Committee was founded in 2002

USA
National Taxpayers Union (NTU) and National Taxpayers Union Foundation (NTUF)
www.ntu.org
108 North Alfred Street
ALEXANDRIA, VA 22314
USA
Tel: 1 703 683 57 00
Fax: 1 703 683 5722
E-mail: ntu@ntu.org
Pete Sepp, President
E-mail:
president@ntu.org
USA
Americans For Fair Taxation
P.O. Box 27487
Houston, Texas 77227-7487
USA
Website: www.fairtax.org
Mr Tom Wright
Email: tom.wright@fairtax.org
Tel: 1 713 963 9023
Fax: 1 713 963 8403
Email:
info@fairtax.org
USA
Citizens for Limited Taxation & Government – CLT
P.O. Box 408
PEABODY, MA 01960
USA
Website: www.cltg.org
Tel: 1 508 384 0100, (Chip Faulkner)
Fax: 1 781 6317173
Email: chip_ford@cltg.org
President Barbara Anderson
Tel: 1 781 639 0096
Email:
cltg@cltg.org
USA
Iowans for Tax Relief and Tax Education Support Organisation
P.O. Box 747
MUSCATINE, IOWA 52761
USA
Tel: 1 563 264 8080 1 800 3348920
Fax: 1 563 264 3363
Mr Edward D. Failor, Sr, President
Mr Jeffrey R. Boeyink, Executive Vice President

Taxpayers Association of Europe, Munich Office:
Nymphenburger Str. 118, D-80636 Munich
Tel.: 49 89 126 00 820 | Fax: 49 89 126 00 847
info@taxpayers-europe.org

Taxpayers Association of Europe, Brussels Office:
Rue d’Arlon 46, B-1000 Brussels
32 2 588 15 20 (Phone)
info@taxpayers-europe.org