Bund der Steuerzahler e.V.

Bund der Steuerzahler e.V.
founded in the year	1949
acronym	BdST
City	Berlin
Country	Germany
Website	http://www.steuerzahler.de/
Legal form	Registered society
address	Französische Str. 9-12, 10117 Berlin
founder	Karl Bräuer, Hermann Wunderlich, Heinrich E. Kunze
Virtual Networks A "Virtual Network" is a group of Think Tanks identified by certain semantic and normative (ideological) commonalities (e.g. climate change scepticism). Such a virtual network constitutes a research field that differs from the study of formal networks. Formal networks are real in the sense of officially acknowledged and immediately open to empirical validation. Virtual networks on the other hand display shared ideas. Social network analysis tools can be applied to find out if or to what extent virtual networks are real networks that display linkages (membership in networks, personnel, resources etc.). Unconnected think tanks in turn can be considered special cases in need of explanation independent from network structures (unless we have to assume invisible, hidden or covered ties).	Austerity politics
Last revision	20.10.2016

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Organizational Structure and Funding

The BdSt consists of a nation-wide head and 15 subsidiaries in german federal states.

Address

Französische Str. 9-12, 10117 Berlin

People

Executive board

People leading the Think Tank in the day to day business (CEOs, directorates etc.).

• Rik Steinheuer, Vice President

• Hannah Stein, Vice President

• Bernhard Zentgraf, Vice President

• Reiner Holznagel, President

• Zenon Bilaniuk, Vice President

Staff

People working for the Think Tank (Fellows etc.). This includes also part-time employees.

• Sven Ehling, Consultant Press

• Hildegard Filz, Media Spokesperson

• Frederic Franz, Consultant Press

• Anemarie Ziller, Clerk

• Petra Bahro, Clerk

• Barbara Rommer, Clerk

Experts

Experts are not permanently employed at the Think Tank. They are paid for contract research when their expertise is needed. Some Think Tanks call a database of hundred or even more experts their own.

• Isabel Klocke, Manager Tax Right and Tex Policy

• Julia Berg, Manager Communication

• Sebastian Panknin, Manager Finance Policy

The BdSt is reported to have about 300K members. About 60 percent of its members arise from large business and German 'mittelstand' (small and medium sized enterprises).

Working mode, goals

The BdSt conceives itself as a representation for ordinary taxpayers. It aims for a structural sovereign debt reduction through cost-cutting in federal bureaucracy and government spending. The BdSt releases an annual black book on wasted taxes.

Topics

We used the DGs of the EU to generate a basic list of topics. This list is going to be steadily extended. However we try to preserve a persistent list of topics.

• Taxation
• Institutional Reform/Public Services
• Fiscal Policy
• Social Policy