The Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (hereinafter – IRAS) announced that large businesses will be subject to the goods and services tax audit in 2016 and 2017. The IRAS does not provide a definition of the term ‘large business’, neither does it specifies the criteria for considering a company as a large business, but it…
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The actual peer reviews within the Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement (hereinafter – MCAA) for the automatic exchange of financial account information are about to start. The first batch of peer reviews is scheduled for December 2016. The peer reviews will be carried out in groups, with the first group covering Belgium, Canada, Netherlands, Switzerland, the…
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On 8 November 2016, the European Council agreed to a proposal for a new directive which will require member states to enable access to information on the beneficial ownership of companies. If adopted, the directive will apply starting from 1 January 2018 and will be aimed at the prevention of money laundering. The proposal to…
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