 On 7-14 October 2011 the tax consultants and tax education specialists from all over Russia met their colleagues from Czech Republic, Germany, Kazakhstan, Poland, Slovenia and Uzbekistan, and discussed the approaches to the professional education of tax consultants, the scope and procedures of the qualification exam, as well as recent developments of the profession of the tax consultant in Europe. Vladimir Tyutyuryukov took part there as representative of Kazakhstan. The conference events happened in a number of locations. In Moscow (Russia) the host was Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, where the officers of the Chambers of tax consultants of Russia updated the community about the latest developments in qualification and exam requirements for tax consultants in Russia. In Dresden (Germany) the representatives of the Chamber and the Union of tax consultants of Saxony explained to the participants the German approach to the qualification of the tax consultants – which proved to be very strict, allowing only three attempts in a lifetime to sit the exam, the pass rate of which is about 50%, and requiring significant work experience. The seniorsds officers of
the Chamber of tax consultants of Czech Republic allowed the participants to
visit the exam hall in Brno (Czech Republic) just before the beginning of the
exam. Contrary to the German example, the candidate has unlimited number of
attempts, but the pass rate is 15% to 30%.  The senior officers of the Chamber of tax consultants of Czech Republic allowed the participants to visit the exam hall in Brno (Czech Republic) just before the beginning of the exam. Contrary to the German example, the candidate has unlimited number of attempts, but the pass rate is 15% to 30%. The event in Czech Republic continued in Prague with the meetings with the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Education and the Association of Adult Education Institutions in the  Czech Republic, where the features of the Czech education system were discussed. The visit to Czech Republic ended with the international conference in Teplice, where the participants exchanged their own ideas about role of tax consultants and regulation of the profession, as well as discussed the clients’ expectations of tax advisory services. “The conference of the tax education specialists is a unique opportunity to exchange the ideas about tax education – both academic and professional approaches. I was glad to meet the colleagues from European countries, where the tax education is more developed, and to compare their approaches with those we are implementing in KIMEP. And, sure, I really enjoyed the stay in Czech Republic” – concludes Vladimir. The official page of the conference: http://www.palata-nk.ru/php/content.php?id=2729 |
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