Stephen Coleclough elected as president of the Confédération Fiscale Européenne
Barry Marshall, UK head of tax, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, commented:
“We congratulate Stephen on his appointment, which is a testament to his experience as a tax adviser and his long term commitment to the development of the tax profession in the UK and across Europe.”
Stephen Coleclough, indirect tax partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, added:
“I’m delighted with the appointment. It is another example of PricewaterhouseCoopers’ commitment to be at the forefront of EU tax law which enables us to provide a deeper insight into future developments and opportunities for our clients.”
Stephen has been a tax partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP since 1997. He became chairman of the CFE Fiscal Committee in 2005, the first indirect tax practitioner to be so. He has been a CFE board member for the last four years. Stephen chaired the CFE indirect tax committee from 2001 to 2004. He has also been a member of the CFE fiscal committee since 1997.
In the UK, Stephen became a council member and trustee of the Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) in 2000. He has also held the roles of chairman of the CIOT technical committee and chairman of its VAT committee as well as sitting on the CIOT Treasury and finance committees.
The CFE is the umbrella organisation of the tax adviser profession in Europe. It embraces 33 national organisations from 25 European states and within them over 180,000 tax advisers.