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Global Forum publishes compliance ratings on tax transparency for further seven jurisdictions

 

15/10/2018 - The Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes (the Global Forum) published today seven peer review reports assessing compliance with the international standard on transparency and exchange of information on request (EOIR).

 

These reports assess jurisdictions against the updated standard which incorporates beneficial ownership information of all relevant legal entities and arrangements, in line with the definition used by the Financial Action Task Force Recommendations.

 

Two jurisdictions – Bahrain and Singapore – received an overall rating of “Compliant”. Five others – Austria, Aruba, Brazil, Saint Kitts and Nevis and the United Kingdom were rated “Largely Compliant”. The jurisdictions have demonstrated their progress on many deficiencies identified in the first round of reviews including improving access to information, developing broader EOI agreement networks; and monitoring the handling of increasing incoming EOI requests as well as taking measures to implement the strengthened standard on the availability of beneficial ownership.

 

The Global Forum is the leading multilateral body mandated to ensure that jurisdictions around the world adhere to and effectively implement both the standard of transparency and exchange of information on request and the standard of automatic exchange of information. This objective is achieved through a robust monitoring and peer review process. The Global Forum also runs an extensive technical assistance programme to provide support to its members in implementing the standards and helping tax authorities to make the best use of cross-border information sharing channels.

 

The Global Forum also welcomed Oman as a new member. This takes its membership to 154 members who have come together to cooperate in the international fight against cross border tax evasion. 

 

For additional information on the Global Forum, its peer review process, and to read all reports to date, go to: http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/taxation/global-forum-on-transparency-and-exchange-of-information-for-tax-purposes-peer-reviews_2219469x.

 

For further information, journalists should contact Pascal Saint-Amans, Director of the OECD Centre for Tax Policy and Administration, (+33 6 2630 4923) or Monica Bhatia, Head of the Global Forum Secretariat (+ 33 1 4524 9746).


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