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The taxpayers' movement has grown out of the desire of citizens to protect themselves from the increasing tax claims of the state. It works towards a society with lower taxes and more individual freedom. It wishes to stimulate efficiency and economy in the public sector. It supports legislation to limit tax burdens, prevent unjust harassment by tax collectors, and provide clear information about government taxation and expenditure.

On September 29, 1988, leaders of taxpayers associations from all over the world came together at the Foreign Press Club in Washington, D.C. to form Taxpayers Associations International, a non-profit organization. In 2000, the organization was renamed World Taxpayers Associations.

World Taxpayers Associations is a federation of Taxpayers Associations throughout the world. Its aim is:

to stimulate contacts and exchanges of information between the different countries and their organizations;
to spread the taxpayers’ movement to other countries;
to stimulate comparative studies of public expenditure and taxation;
to enable members in one country to receive assistance in tax matters from associations in other countries;
to stimulate research on the effects of taxes and government spending on economic development.

World Taxpayers Associations
Secretary General Mr. Bjorn Tarras-Wahlberg
E-mail: BTW@worldtaxpayers.org
Mobile: +46 70 325 00 11

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