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Company: Chelco VAT Ltd
Job Title: Managing Director
Address: 221, Chr. Chatzipavlou Str., Helios Court, 1st Floor, 3036 Limassol, Cyprus
Email: a.tsielepis@chelcoVAT.com
Work Tel: +357 25871200
Website: www.chelcoVAT.com
Alexis is widely considered as the foremost expert on VAT in Cyprus. With 20 years of experience in VAT strategic consulting, he advises businesses on international VAT matters and lectures at local and international VAT conferences.
Alexis possesses an extensive vocational and educational experience in European VAT and a detailed comprehension of EU VAT matters and decisions of the European Court of Justice (ECJ). He has served on various committees charged with tax matters and his work includes liaising with the Cyprus tax authorities and government on policymaking.
He has written a number of tax syllabuses, chapters and articles on matters pertaining to Cyprus and EU VAT. He is the author of the book “An in-depth analysis of the Fixed Establishment concept and a comparison with the Permanent Establishment concept”.
Alexis is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW), and holds the Expert in European Value Added Tax Degree, which he earned with the highest grade ever awarded in the history of the coveted diploma. He is the co-founder and Vice-Chairman of the Cyprus VAT Association (CYVA) and a Partner and Director of the VAT Forum in Belgium.
Alexis also represents VAT Forum on the prestigious VAT Expert Group (VEG) of the European Commission, on which he was appointed on 1 October 2025, for a mandate of 3 years. The 36 VAT experts that serve on the Group, assist and advise the EC on VAT matters, including the preparation of new legislative acts and other policy initiatives, on practical VAT administrative issues and good practices, as well as on the practical implementation of VAT legislation.
Alexis is sharing his knowledge on VAT in a series of seminars and workshops organised by the Chelco VAT International Academy, covering an array of VAT-dedicated topics, with the crown jewel being the Diploma in VAT Excellence (DiVE), a 10-month course covering EU and Cyprus VAT law in a depth never before seen in Cyprus.