History & Past Presidents

History of AOTCA

The Asia-Oceania Tax Consultants' Association - AOTCA - was established in 1992 by 10 tax professional organizations in the area and started its activities in 1993.

The Founding Members

• All Pakistan Tax Bar Association
• CPA Australia
• Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants
• Institute of Chartered Accountants of Australia
• Japan Federation of Certified Public Tax Accountants' Associations
• Korean Association of Certified Public Tax Accountants
• Chartered Tax Institute of Malaysia
• Tax-Accountancy Association Union of Chinese Taipei
• Taxation Institute of Australia
• Tax Management Association of the Philippines

The foundation of AOTCA was attributed to the existence of the Confédération Fiscale Européenne (CFE), the international organization for tax advisors in the European Communities with a long history of 49 years. Over the years tax professionals doing businesses in the Asian and Oceanic regions had been strongly conscious of the necessity that the same international professional body as CFE would exist in the area. On 6 November 1992 the inaugural meeting took place in Tokyo with the attendance of the representatives of each founding member organization from 8 countries and regions.
Since then, embracing new members year by year, AOTCA has grown to be with 20 national organizations including 2 associate members. The jurisdictions to which the AOTCA members belong count as many as 16 ; Australia, Bangladesh, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mongolia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, the Philippines, Taiwan and Thailand.

For further information on the member organizations, please see AOTCA members.

In 2002, to commemorate the 10th anniversary of its foundation, AOTCA organized the first International Convention in Kyoto, in which s0me 1000 persons domestic and overseas participated. The second International Convention was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in November 2007. With the main theme “Tax Challenges in a Globalized Environment”, the world-wide guest speakers delivered presentations on various current tax issues.

Another development of AOTCA in its history is the promotion of 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.

Past- Presidents / Secretary Generals / Secretariats