BVI, Costa Rica, Marshall Islands and Russia were added to the list. Hong Kong and Malaysia were granted an extension to complete reforms.
February 15, 2023New requirements to report crypto-asset, e-money and digital currency transactions are expected to enter into force on 1 January 2026.
December 13, 2022Indirect investments in crypto assets via derivatives and investment vehicles, as well as CBDCs, will be covered by CRS, rather than CARF.
October 11, 2022The framework would require intermediaries to identify their customers and their tax jurisdictions, and then report their aggregate transaction values annually.
March 28, 2022MAS is raising the leverage limit for S-REITs and deferring implementation of the minimum interest coverage ratio requirement, on top of recently-announced enhanced share issue limits.
April 17, 2020Of the 1.89 million offshore accounts identified through information exchanges under the Common Reporting Standard, 80% were located in Asia and Oceania.
December 18, 2019Last year saw nearly 90 jurisdictions automatically exchange information on 47 million financial accounts, covering total assets of $4.9tn.
December 2, 2019New data from the OECD indicates that Hong Kong and Singapore are adhering to tighter global standards on tax transparency.
June 13, 2019Financial institutions should be able to leverage existing financial crime compliance, conduct and tax (including tax transparency regimes) procedures and controls, to address the risks of customer tax evasion.
May 15, 2019As tax reporting requirements grow increasingly complex, automation is making compliance cheaper, quicker and more efficient, says a new report from Regulation Asia and BearingPoint.
May 6, 2019