The International VAT Association is the World’s Leading Non-Profit Association of VAT/GST Professionals. The International VAT Association, or the IVA, is an international non-profit association with it’s head office located in Brussels, Belgium. Its goals are centered around bringing a better understanding of VAT and other indirect tax laws… and practice in an international perspective. The association is comprised of VAT experts and professionals, in business, in tax and law firms, government administrators, experts, academics and students. Amongst VAT compliance specialists and notably VAT reclaim agents or intermediaries, as it applies to VAT reclaims, to provide a forum for the above categories of members to discuss aspects of VAT law and practice and to facilitate the exchange of ideas and information on VAT matters between members on a confidential basis. The IVA is not political and shall not actively represent the interests of any one member or sector of members. Membership representation, education, networking and operational support, benefits.