Peter Essers is Professor of Tax Law at Tilburg University, specializing in national and international personal and corporate income tax.

He is director of the European Tax College and coordinator of EUCOTAX (European Universities Cooperating on Taxes).

He has been Visiting Professor at the Université Panthéon-Sorbonne, the University of Bologna, Universidad de Barcelona, the University of Osnabrück, Northwestern University Chicago, LUISS University Rome, the University of Turin and WU Vienna.

He is chairman of the Academic Committee of the European Association of Tax Law Professors (EATLP). He is also member of the Netherlands Senate and chairman of the Finance Committee of the Senate.

Recent publications:

M. Lang, J. Owens, P. Pistone, J. Schuh, C. Staringer, P.H.J. Essers, A. Storck, E.C.C.M. Kemmeren, & D.S. Smit (Eds.) (2013) “Tax Treaty Case Law around the Globe 2013″, Amsterdam/Vienna: IBFD/Linde.

Essers, P.H.J. (2013), “De foute voorstellen van de commissie Van Dijkhuizen”,  Weekblad fiscaal recht, 2013(7015), 1035-1039.

Essers, P.H.J. (2013), “De fair-share discussie gaat de verkeerde kant op”, Vakblad Tax Assurance, 2013(2), 12-14.

Essers, P.H.J. (2013). “Inbreng van door belanghebbende bewoond pand bij aanvang onderneming”. BNB: beslissingen in belastingzaken, Nederlandse belastingrechtspraak, 127, 127 (pp. 2434-2435).

Essers, P.H.J. (2013). “Fiscaal beleid gaat om meer dan geld alleen”. Weekblad fiscaal recht, 2013(7006), 774-775.