Letter from the Chairman

Dear WTA members, observers and friends:

I’m pleased to circulate the latest newsletter, which contains a wealth of activity and achievement. It’s heartening to see that WTA members continued the fight for taxpayers in their countries during a tricky few years.
And now that things have opened up again, look out for further announcements for in-person events in the near future.
Please visit our website and our Facebook group and tell everyone about what you’re up to. Stay in touch with me and our fantastic Secretary General Cristina Berechet so that we can showcase your work in this newsletter and inspire our network more broadly.

Dear WTA members, observers and friends:

We’re hopefully coming out of the other side of the pandemic. There may be more lockdowns to come, but as the vaccine take up improves I hope we can put the last 18 months behind us and get the economic recovery at the front of the agenda.

Here in the UK, we’ve found out that the cost of the pandemic to taxpayers is around £400 billion so far. Throughout the last year, all we’ve heard is the lazy assertion that taxes will have to go up to pay for it. But we know that’s not the case – we need politicians to show spending restraint and focus on economic growth.

There will be many other challenges in your countries. Whatever those challenges are, our organisations are needed now as much as ever. So let’s keep swapping ideas and sharing experiences. There’s some fantastic work going on across the world and we can all learn from one another.

Dear WTA members, observers and friends:

Much like everyone, here at the WTA we’ve pivoted from in-person gatherings to meeting online for the time being. In 2021 we’ve held two successful online regional events: one for Europe and Africa, and the other for Asia and Australasia.

Dear WTA members, observers and friends
I hope you and your families are all safe and well in these strange times.
Here at the WTA we’ve pivoted from in-person gatherings to meeting online for the time being.

Dear WTA members, observers and friends:
I hope you and your families are all safe and well in these strange times.
We are shortly going to announce a series of online events to re-connect our members and share information and discuss policy. I’ll send you a special bulletin soon, once all the details have been confirmed.

Dear WTA members, observers and friends:
I hope you and your families are all safe and well in these strange times.

I’d like to open by encouraging everyone to visit our website and our Facebook group. Our community is only as strong and as beneficial as we choose to make it.

Dear WTA members, observers and friends: 
Next WTA events:
Taxpayers Regional Forum in Kyiv Ukraine May 16, 2020
The first WTA-sponsored Taxpayers Regional Forum of 2020 will take place in Kyiv, Ukraine, May 16th.

Dear WTA members, observers and friends:

Next WTA events:

Taxpayers Regional Forum in Kyiv Ukraine May 16, 2020

The first WTA-sponsored Regional Taxpayers Forum of 2020 will take place in Kyiv, Ukraine, May 16th.

In May 2020 World Taxpayers Associations along with the Atlas Network and the Ukrainian Economic Freedoms Foundation is pleased to invite delegates to join us in an exchange of ideas and best practices to advance taxpayer advocacy in Europe.

Dear WTA members, observers and friends:
Past Events:
17th World Taxpayers Conference in Sydney, Australia May 23-27, 2019

Dear WTA members, observers and friends:

It is a great privilege to write my first message to you as the new Chairman and President of the World Taxpayers Associations. After a fantastic meeting in Sydney, I take over the role from Troy Lanigan, who you will all know or be aware of.