Chairman Baek pledged to strengthening academic activities for local tax and customs duties

Lawyer Baek Jae-heum of the law firm Kim & Chang took office as chairman of the Tax Law Association (TLA) on Dec. 17, 2021.

Chairman Baek Jae-heum of the Tax Law Association
Chairman Baek Jae-heum of the Tax Law Association

Newly appointed Chairman Baek, who majored in tax law at Harvard and New York University law schools and earned a doctorate in law from Seoul National University, served as the head of the Korean Bar Association's Bar Training Institute, the head of the Seoul Bar Association Tax Training Institute, and a member of the Ministry of Strategy and Finance's Tax Development Review Committee.

Delivering his inauguration speech, Chairman Baek said Dec. 17, "The Tax Law Association has established itself as a representative academic society in the tax field over the past 35 years thanks to its members’ passion and hard work," adding, "I will do our best to strengthen academic activities for local tax and customs duties and create a place for mutual exchanges of young experts.”

The Tax Law Association is an academic organization that has been studying the field of tax law for more than 30 years since its foundation in 1986, and has more than 2,000 members, including professors, lawyers, certified public accountants, and tax accountants.

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