Asia Oceania Tax Consultants' Association


The Asia Oceania Tax Consultants' Association 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.
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.
YearLocationHost MemberEvent Documents
2009Mumbai, IndiaAll India Federation of Tax Practitioners
2010Sydney, AustraliaThe Tax Institute
2011Bali, Indonesia
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, 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.
Country/AreaStatusAcronymOrganization
AustraliaMemberIPAInstitute of Public Accountants
AustraliaMemberTIThe Tax Institute
BangladeshAssociateICABInstitute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh
China, MainlandMemberCCTAAThe Chinese Certified Tax Agents Association
Chinese TaipeiMemberCTCTAA
Chinese TaipeiMemberTAAUCTTax-Accountancy Association Union of Chinese Taipei
China, Hong Kong SAR MemberHKICPAHong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants
China, Hong Kong SAR MemberTIHK
IndonesiaMemberIKPI
JapanMemberJTRI
JapanMemberJFCPTAA
KoreaMemberKACPTA
MalaysiaMemberCTIM
MalaysiaMemberBekas Pegawai HASIL
MongoliaMemberMACTCMongolian Association of Certified Tax Consultants
PakistanMemberPTBA
PhilippinesMemberTMAP
SingaporeMemberICPASInstitute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore
Sri LankaAssociateICASLInstitute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka
VietnamMemberVTCA

Presidency

There have been 8 presidents in AOTCA's history.
TenurePresidentSecretary GeneralSecretariat
1993–1996Teruaki KataokaNorihisa Maeda
1997–2000David Russell QCPeter Cowdroy & Noel RowlandTaxation Institute of Australia
2001–2004Jong-Tae KooYong-Ro Lee & Luck Chang
2005–2008Kinjiro MoriHirotaka IshiiJapan Federation of Certified Public Tax Accountants' Associations
2009-2012Gil LevyNoel RowlandThe Tax Institute
2012-2013Thomas LeeNoel RowlandThe Tax Institute
2014-2017Toshihiro IkedaKatsuzo Nakamura / Yoshimasa TajiriJapan Federation of Certified Public / Tax Accountants Associations
2018-CurrentEuney Marie J. Mata-PerezYoshimasa TajiriJapan Federation of Certified Public / Tax Accountants Associations