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Taxpayers Association of Europe

NGO or non-profit · Cross-sector / other · HQ: Belgium · Transparency Register entry

As of 7 November 2026, Taxpayers Association of Europe appears in 5 declared MEP meetings (5 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

5
declared meetings
with current MEPs
5
MEPs met
–
lobbying spend
none reported in the Register
1.2
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“Die Taxpayers Association of Europe (TAE), der europäische Bund der Steuerzahler (BdSt), wurde im Mai 1969 unter dem Namen European Taxpayers Association gegründet und in Luxemburg im Vereinsregister eingetragen. Im Jahr 1996 erfolgte die Umbenennung in TAE. Die europäische Steuerzahlerorganisation hat Büros in Brüssel und München. Der Dachorganisation gehören nationale Steuerzahlerorganisationen an. Alle Mitgliedsorganisationen behalten ihre Eigenständigkeit.”

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“Die TAE entstand aus dem Wunsch der Bürger heraus, sich vor den zunehmenden Steuerforderungen des Staates zu schützen. Sie arbeitet darauf hin, eine Gesellschaft mit weniger Besteuerung und mehr persönlicher Freiheit zu schaffen. Siehe dazu: https://www.taxpayers-europe.org/de/wir-ueber-uns/profil.html […]”

Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing - the text on file breaks off mid-sentence where marked […].

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 5 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

European People's Party360%
Greens/EFA120%
Renew Europe120%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2022–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (2 in 2025). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.

2022
1
2023
0
2024
0
2025
2
2026
2

Group is each MEP's current political group, not necessarily the one they sat with at the time. Shares are rounded to whole percent.

The MEPs they meet most

Daniel Freund
1 meeting · Greens/EFA
Tomáš Zdechovský
1 meeting · EPP
Markus Ferber
1 meeting · EPP
Moritz Körner
1 meeting · Renew
Sabine Verheyen
1 meeting · EPP

The 5 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
15 Apr 2026Moritz KörnerAwards ceremony
19 Mar 2026Tomáš ZdechovskýMeeting with the Secretary-General and Special Representative for SMEs of the Taxpayers Association of Europe (TAE)
17 Nov 2025Markus FerberTax policy
6 Jun 2025Daniel FreundDelegationsklausur
15 Mar 2022Sabine VerheyenDesinformation

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