Asia Oceania Tax Consultants' Association

The Asia Oceania Tax Consultants' Association (AOTCA) was founded in 1992 in Tokyo. The AOTCA is an umbrella organisation that embraces 20 national organisations from 17 Asia-Oceanic states and within them over 400,000 tax advisers.

Asia Oceania Tax Consultants' Association (AOTCA)
Formation1992
TypeProfessional association
HeadquartersTokyo, Japan
Region served
Asia, Oceania
Official language
English
President
Euney Marie J. Mata-Perez
Websitehttp://www.aotca.org/

The purpose of the AOTCA is to bring together all tax advisers' organisations of all Asia and Oceanic states and to safeguard the professional interests of tax advisers and to assure the quality of tax services provided to the public. The AOTCA aims to promote the further development of the national laws governing the profession, to exchange information about national tax and professional laws and the development of the tax and professional law in Asia and Oceania, to maintain relations with the authorities at national and international levels, and most of all to bring to those authorities the experience of practitioners of all areas of taxation and of professional law. The AOTCA also aims to inform the public about the services that tax advisers provide, to facilitate co-operation in all areas which are of common interest to tax advisers of the Asia-Oceania region, and to seek to provide the best possible conditions for the tax advisers to carry out their profession.

Structure

The General Meeting is the governing body of the AOTCA and the General Council is the highest-ranking administrative body. It is in charge of the day-to-day running of the AOTCA.

Activities

AOTCA convenes a general meeting annually in collaboration with a host organization. At the time of convening meetings, it holds the international tax conference on various tax issues in the region as well as international taxation.[1]

YearLocationHost MemberEvent Documents
2009Mumbai, IndiaAll India Federation of Tax Practitioners Link
2010Sydney, AustraliaThe Tax Institute Link
2011Bali, IndonesiaIndonesian Tax Consultants Association Link
2012Seoul, KoreaKorean Association of Certified Public Tax Consultants
2013Hanoi, VietnamVietnam Tax Consultants Association
2014Taipei, Chinese TaipeiTax Accountancy Associations Union of Chinese Taipei
2015Osaka, JapanJapan Federation of Certified Public Tax Accountants' Associations
2016Hong KongTaxation Institute of Hong Kong
2017Manila, PhilippinesTax Management of the Philippines
2018Ulaanbaatar, MongoliaMongolian Association of Certified Tax Consultants

Cooperation

AOTCA promotes cooperative relationships with CFE and SGATAR (Study Group on Asian Tax Administration and Research), a forum for tax administration. Since 2005, AOTCA and those organizations send representatives to respective annual meeting on reciprocal basis for exchanging information. AOTCA is trying to enhance recognition of significant roles of tax professionals through these channels.

AOTCA is also cooperating with CFE and STEP in the development a charter of tax payer's rights.

Memberships

 
There are 20 members, 2 of those are associate members in AOTCA .[2]
Country/AreaStatusAcronymOrganization
AustraliaMemberIPA Institute of Public Accountants
AustraliaMemberTI The Tax Institute
BangladeshAssociateICAB Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh
China, MainlandMemberCCTAA The Chinese Certified Tax Agents Association
Chinese TaipeiMemberCTCTAA Chinese Taipei Certified Tax Agents Association
Chinese TaipeiMemberTAAUCT Tax-Accountancy Association Union of Chinese Taipei
China, Hong Kong SAR MemberHKICPA Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants
China, Hong Kong SAR MemberTIHK The Taxation Institute of Hong Kong
IndonesiaMemberIKPI Indonesian Tax Consultants Association (Ikatan Konsultan Pajak Indonesia)
JapanMemberJTRI Japan Tax Research Institute
JapanMemberJFCPTAA Japan Federation of Certified Public Tax Accountants' Associations
KoreaMemberKACPTA Korean Association of Certified Public Tax Accountants
MalaysiaMemberCTIM Chartered Tax Institute of Malaysia
MalaysiaMember Bekas Pegawai HASIL (Ex-revenue, Malaysia)
MongoliaMemberMACTC Mongolian Association of Certified Tax Consultants
PakistanMemberPTBA Pakistan Tax Bar Association
PhilippinesMemberTMAP The Tax Management Association of the Philippines
SingaporeMemberICPAS Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore
Sri LankaAssociateICASL Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka
VietnamMemberVTCA Vietnam Tax Consultants' Association

Presidency

There have been 8 presidents in AOTCA's history.[3]

TenurePresidentSecretary GeneralSecretariat
1993–1996Teruaki KataokaNorihisa Maeda Japan Federation of Certified Public Tax Accountants' Associations
1997–2000David Russell QCPeter Cowdroy & Noel Rowland Taxation Institute of Australia
2001–2004Jong-Tae KooYong-Ro Lee & Luck Chang Korean Association of Certified Public Tax Accountants
2005–2008Kinjiro MoriHirotaka Ishii Japan Federation of Certified Public Tax Accountants' Associations
2009-2012Gil LevyNoel Rowland The Tax Institute (Australia)
2012-2013Thomas LeeNoel Rowland The Tax Institute (Australia)
2014-2017Toshihiro IkedaKatsuzo Nakamura / Yoshimasa Tajiri Japan Federation of Certified Public / Tax Accountants Associations
2018-CurrentEuney Marie J. Mata-PerezYoshimasa Tajiri Japan Federation of Certified Public / Tax Accountants Associations

References
  1. "Purpose and Statutes". Archived from the original on 2011-12-23. Retrieved 2012-05-01.
  2. "Members". Archived from the original on 2012-04-25. Retrieved 2012-05-01.
  3. "History & past Presidents". Archived from the original on 2013-03-02. Retrieved 2012-05-01.
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