Board of Trustees
The Institute´s board of trustees consists of representatives from the media, politics, law and finance. The members are appointed to a six-year term by the president of the Max Planck Society. The board of trustees meets once a year.
| Position | Land | |
| Prof. Dr. Alfred Bergmann | Presiding Judge, Federal Court of Justice | Germany |
| Georg Fahrenschon | President, German Savings Banks Association | Germany |
| Heike Göbel | Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung | Germany |
| Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Bernd Huber | President, LMU Munich | Germany |
| Prof. Dr. Han Kogels | Secretary General, International Fiscal Association | USA |
| Prof. Dr. h.c. Rudolf Mellinghoff | President, Federal Tax Court | Germany |
| Prof. Dr. Klaus-Peter Naumann | Secretary General, Institute of Public Auditors | Germany |
| Prof. Dr. Detlev Jürgen Piltz | President, IFA Germany | Germany |
| Prof. Dr. Dr. Christoph M. Schmidt | President, Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung | Germany |
| Prof. Dr. Roman Seer | President, German Tax Law Association | Germany |
| Dr. h.c. Wolfgang Spindler | Chairman German Auditor Oversight Commission | Germany |
| Dr. Christian Thimann | European Central Bank | Germany |
| Prof. Frederick van der Ploeg | Oxford Centre for the Analysis of Resource Rich Economies | United Kingdom |
| Prof. Dr. Franz-Christoph Zeitler | Former Vice President, German Central Bank | Germany |