The next annual meeting of the Tax Representative Alliance (TRA) will take place in Regensburg (Ratisbon), Bavaria, on Friday 14th March 2014. The conference place will be the SORAT Insel-Hotel on an island in the middle of the Danube River. The meeting will be organized by the German TRA member, WW+KN.
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Annual Meeting 2013 held in Paris
The Tax Representative Alliance (TRA) was the idea and initiative of the French member firm, La Représentation Fiscale (LRF). Corinne Maure, managing director of LRF, closely supported by LRF colleague Laeticia Mayo, contacted several VAT specialists in other European countries and created today´s TRA.
This was the reason why the first and founding meeting was held at Pavillon Dauphine in Paris, France. The meeting held on 1st March 2013 was also the 50th anniversary of LRF. LRF was the first VAT representative company in France and has specialized in VAT since 1963.
More than 20 people from 11 member firms from Spain, Portugal, Italy, Cyprus, France, Greece, Germany, Malta, Latvia, Poland and the Netherlands came to the first annual meeting in Paris. The members discussed and voted on the alliance statutes, the fees and the alliance structure. Also every member firm presented its services to the other members.
The first board elections had the following results:
- TRA President: Corinne Maure, LRF, France
- TRA Vice President: Matthias Winkler, SH+C, Germany
- TRA Secretary: Stephen Balzan, EMD, Malta
- TRA Treasurer: Constantinos Ekkeshis, Ekkeshis + Ierodiakonou, Cyprus
- TRA Board Member: Luis Felipe Tapia Polo, Tax Partners, Spain
Find more information via: www.lrf.fr
50th anniversary of French TRA member firm LRF
The French TRA member firm, La Représentation Fiscale (LRF), celebrated its 50th anniversary on 1st March 2013 at Pavillon Dauphine in Paris.
The founder of LRF, Yves Laflaquière, who is still a partner of the company, was present with Corinne MAURE, who joined alla the company in 1998 and became a partner and Managing Director in 2004. They welcomed clients and business associates, including lawyers, accountants, freight forwarders, as well as the members wholesale NBA jerseys of TRA.
During her cheap nfl jerseys speech, Corinne Maure reminded those present that having been, Alquiler for a long time, the only company in France developing the activity of fiscal TRA representation, LRF has played an important role in improving and regularizing procedures. She indicated that, since its creation, the aim of LRF has been to wholesale Arizona Cardinals jerseys represent foreign companies from all over the world, essentially with regard to VAT and to assist with handling formalities and declarations on their behalf.
LRF then extended the services provided to indirect taxes, such as Insurance Premium Tax (IPT), taxes on the sales of gas, taxes on e-gaming and betting, capital gains V.-Pr?sident tax and has recently created TRA, wholesale MLB jerseys a European association of VAT specialists, in order to provide the same services throughtout the whole of Europe.
German TRA member SH+C wins business magazine award
Every year, the German business MuhmadEmad magazine ‘FOCUS-MONEY‘ Beginning presents cheap nfl jerseys awards to Germany´s leading tax Jerseys consultancy and audit firms. The evaluation is based on the tax knowledge, know-how, quality cheap jerseys of services, specialization and Deko business success, as well as on their cheap jerseys motivation to prepare wholesale mlb jerseys seminars and lectures.
In 2013 – as in the six years before – SH+C was given an award for being one of the leading German tax consultancy audit firms in the field of corporate tax law as well as advising medium-sized enterprises. This year, more than 46.000 German tax consultants were asked to participate in the survey and SH+C was included on the list of the 145 best tax advisory offices again.
The results were published in issue 7/2013 of the magazine.