Global Forum held series of regional workshops on the amended Common Reporting Standard
The Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes (the Global Forum) Secretariat successfully concluded a series of four regional workshops on the 2023 updates to the Common Reporting Standard (the amended CRS) for the automatic exchange of financial account information for tax purposes. Held on 15–18 September 2026, the fourth workshop brought together participants from all world regions. In total, the four events drew 494 participants ...
Suriname joins Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes
Suriname joins the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes. This has been announced yesterday with a news release on the website of the OECD. The Global Forum’s membership represents a broad and diverse network of jurisdictions committed to combating tax evasion, enhancing international co-operation and strengthening domestic resource mobilisation through greater transparency. The addition of Suriname reflects the continuing momentum towards more transparent and effective tax ...
New Head of Secretariat of the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes
Ms Maria José Garde, a Spanish national, has been appointed the new Head of Secretariat of the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes (Global Forum), at the OECD Centre for Tax Policy and Administration in Paris, France. She will take up her duties on 23 March 2026. This has been announced with a news release on the website of the OECD. In this role, Ms ...
Global Forum releases latest batch of peer reviews on transparency and exchange of information on request for Honduras, Madagascar, Mongolia, Oman, and Trinidad and Tobago
The Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes (Global Forum) has published five new peer review reports on transparency and exchange of information on request (EOIR). The reports for Honduras, Madagascar, Mongolia, Oman, and Trinidad and Tobago were approved by the Global Forum’s dedicated Peer Review and Monitoring Group in June 2025 and subsequently adopted by the Global Forum members. This has been announced with a ...
Tweede ronde peer review inzake automatic exchange of information (Common Reporting Standard) (Aruba)
Vorige week heeft een tweede ronde van ‘peer review’ plaatsgevonden ter zake van de implementatie door Aruba van de standaard voor automatic exchange of information (AEOI), meer bijzonder inzake de zogenoemde Common Reporting Standard (CRS). Dit is afgelopen woensdag, enigszins geparafraseerd, bekendgemaakt met een post op de Facebookpagina van het Departamento di Impuesto. Door het Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes (het ‘Global Forum’) wordt ...
Countering harmful tax practices: Peer review on exchange of information on tax rulings shows high level of compliance with BEPS Action 5 minimum standard
On Monday December 16, 2024, the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework on BEPS released the latest peer review assessments for 136 jurisdictions in relation to the spontaneous exchange of information on tax rulings. This has been announced with a news release on the website of the OECD. This is the eighth annual peer review of the implementation of the BEPS Action 5 minimum standard on tax rulings, which aims to provide tax ...
Peer review on exchange of information on tax rulings: Sint Maarten has met all aspects of the terms of reference for the year in review, no recommendations are made
On Monday December 16, 2024, the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework on BEPS released the latest peer review assessments for 136 jurisdictions in relation to the spontaneous exchange of information on tax rulings. This has been announced with a news release on the website of the OECD. This is the eighth annual peer review of the implementation of the BEPS Action 5 minimum standard on tax rulings, which aims to provide tax ...
Peer review on exchange of information on tax rulings: Curaçao has met all aspects of the terms of reference for the year in review, except for (a) identifying rulings within the scope of the transparency framework (and under which category of rulings they fall) and (b) completing exchanges of information on rulings in accordance with the timelines, for which two points Curaçao receives two recommendations
On Monday December 16, 2024, the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework on BEPS released the latest peer review assessments for 136 jurisdictions in relation to the spontaneous exchange of information on tax rulings. This has been announced with a news release on the website of the OECD. This is the eighth annual peer review of the implementation of the BEPS Action 5 minimum standard on tax rulings, which aims to provide tax ...
Peer review on exchange of information on tax rulings: Aruba has met all aspects of the terms of reference for the year in review, no recommendations are made
On Monday December 16, 2024, the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework on BEPS released the latest peer review assessments for 136 jurisdictions in relation to the spontaneous exchange of information on tax rulings. This has been announced with a news release on the website of the OECD. This is the eighth annual peer review of the implementation of the BEPS Action 5 minimum standard on tax rulings, which aims to provide tax ...
Peer Review of the Automatic Exchange of Financial Account Information – 2024 Update
On Tuesday November 26, 2024, the 2024 Update of the Peer Review of the Automatic Exchange of Financial Account Information has been published on the website of the OECD. The report presents the latest conclusions of the peer reviews of the legal frameworks put in place by jurisdictions. It supplements the legal frameworks assessments and initial reviews of the effectiveness of their implementation in practice published in 2022 and 2023 ...
Latest peer review report on the Automatic Exchange of Financial Account Information: Sint Maarten’s legal framework implementing the AEOI Standard is in place but needs improvement in order to be fully consistent with the requirements in the AEOI Terms of Reference (Sint Maarten)
On Tuesday November 26, 2024, the 2024 Update of the Peer Review of the Automatic Exchange of Financial Account Information has been published on the website of the OECD. The report presents the latest conclusions of the peer reviews of the legal frameworks put in place by jurisdictions. It supplements the legal frameworks assessments and initial reviews of the effectiveness of their implementation in practice published in 2022 and 2023 ...
Latest peer review report on the Automatic Exchange of Financial Account Information: Curaçao’s legal framework implementing the AEOI Standard is in place and is consistent with the requirements of the AEOI Terms of Reference (Curaçao)
On Tuesday November 26, 2024, the 2024 Update of the Peer Review of the Automatic Exchange of Financial Account Information has been published on the website of the OECD. The report presents the latest conclusions of the peer reviews of the legal frameworks put in place by jurisdictions. It supplements the legal frameworks assessments and initial reviews of the effectiveness of their implementation in practice published in 2022 and 2023 ...
Latest peer review report on the Automatic Exchange of Financial Account Information: Aruba’s legal framework implementing the AEOI Standard is in place but needs improvement in order to be fully consistent with the requirements of the AEOI Terms of Reference (Aruba)
On Tuesday November 26, 2024, the 2024 Update of the Peer Review of the Automatic Exchange of Financial Account Information has been published on the website of the OECD. The report presents the latest conclusions of the peer reviews of the legal frameworks put in place by jurisdictions. It supplements the legal frameworks assessments and initial reviews of the effectiveness of their implementation in practice published in 2022 and 2023 ...
Peer review of the automatic exchange of financial account information (2023 update): Aruba’s legal framework implementing the AEOI Standard is in place but needs improvement
During its 16th plenary meeting held on Friday December 1, 2023, the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes (the Global Forum) published the Peer Review of the Automatic Exchange of Financial Account Information (2023 Update). This has been announced with a news release published on the website of the OECD. The 2023 update presents the latest conclusions of the peer reviews of the legal frameworks ...
Peer Review of the Automatic Exchange of Financial Account Information (2023 update) and Global Forum charts course for its future tax transparency agenda
Friday December 1, 2023, the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes (the Global Forum) concluded its 16th plenary meeting, marking significant advances in its efforts to deliver transparency and exchange of information (EOI) for tax purposes for all. Over 420 delegates from 115 jurisdictions and 13 international organisations convened in Lisbon, Portugal, to discuss the progress so far and chart the future work to promote ...
OECD Secretary-General welcomes pledge by 48 countries (including The Netherlands) to implement global tax transparency standard for crypto-assets by 2027 (Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework, CARF)
OECD Secretary-General Mathias Cormann welcomed the announcement on Friday November 10th, 2023, that 48 countries and jurisdictions intend to implement the OECD’s global tax transparency framework for the reporting and exchange of information with respect to crypto-assets by 2027. This has been announced in a news release on the website of the OECD. Further from the news release: “Today’s announcement of co‑ordinated international action on crypto-assets is a major step forward, marking ...
Tax Transparency in Latin America 2023: Latin American countries make headway on transparency and exchange of information for tax purposes, with margin for improvements
On Tuesday, June 27, 2023, the report Tax Transparency in Latin America 2023 was published during the 8th meeting of the Punta del Este Declaration Initiative held in Asunción, Paraguay. The report presents the latest progress achieved by 16 Latin American countries in tackling tax evasion and other illicit financial flows (IFFs) through transparency and exchange of information (EOI) for tax purposes. This has been announced with a news release on the website ...
OECD-report International Standards for Automatic Exchange of Information in Tax Matters: Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework and 2023 update to the Common Reporting Standard
On Thursday, June 8th, 2023 the OECD-report ‘International Standards for Automatic Exchange of Information in Tax Matters: Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework and 2023 update to the Common Reporting Standard, was published on the website of the OECD. From the information page regarding this publication on the website of the OECD: Since the adoption of the Standard for Automatic Exchange of Financial Account Information in Tax Matters in 2014, it has been ...
Global Forum Secretariat launches new guidance on implementing secure systems for the automatic exchange of information
The Secretariat of the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information (Global Forum) has developed a new ‘Guidance for implementation of a secure perimeter for automatic exchange of information purposes – a tactical approach on confidentiality and data safeguards for developing countries’. This has been announced with a news release dated June 2023 on the website of the OECD. Further from the news release: The guidance helps jurisdictions interested in ...
Global Forum Secretariat assists members to ensure the effective implementation of automatic exchange of financial account information
The Global Forum Secretariat has developed a Model Administrative Compliance Strategy in order to assist jurisdictions in developing, improving and implementing their own administrative compliance strategy to ensure the effectiveness of the Standard for Automatic Exchange of Financial Account Information in Tax Matters (AEOI). This has been announced with a news release dated 31 May 2023 on the website of the OECD. Further from the news release: To further assist jurisdictions committed to ...
Global Forum members’ Competent Authorities meet in Tbilisi for their annual experience-sharing conference
The 10th Global Forum Competent Authorities Conference was kindly hosted by the Georgia Revenue Service on 15 and 16 May 2023 in Tbilisi. The event brought together 160 participants from 77 jurisdictions. This has been announced with a news release dated 16 May 2023 on the website of the OECD. The Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes (the Global Forum) is the leading multilateral body mandated to ensure that jurisdictions ...
Global Forum’s capacity-building activities to support tax transparency deliver impactful results
On Monday, February 13, 2023, the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes published its 2023 Global Forum Capacity Building Report. The report sheds light on the Global Forum’s capacity-building and outreach activities carried out throughout 2022 in support of the global implementation of the tax transparency standards (exchange of information on request (EOIR) and automatic exchange of financial account information (AEOI)). This has been announced ...
28 Jurisdictions sign international tax agreements to exchange information with respect to income earned on digital platforms and offshore financial assets
This week 28 countries and jurisdictions took new steps to strengthen and expand their co-operation in tax matters by signing the multilateral competent authority agreement (MCAA) for the automatic exchange of information and/or the CRS Mandatory Disclosure Rules). This has been announced with a news release on the website of the OECD. At a signing ceremony held in Seville in the side-lines of the 15th Plenary Meeting of the Global Forum on ...
Global Forum reports significant progress on global transparency and exchange of tax information, while noting further work is needed
Wednesday November 9, 2022, the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes published the report ‘Peer Review of the Automatic Exchange of Financial Account Information 2022’. The report presents the first peer reviews with effectiveness ratings for the 99 countries and jurisdictions which had committed to starting Automatic Exchange of Information (AEOI) in 2017 or 2018. This has been announced with a news release on the ...
Peer review report on Automatic Exchange of Financial Account Information 2022: Sint Maarten
According to the Global Forum’s 2022 peer review report on automatic exchange of financial account information (AEOI), Sint Maarten’s legal framework implementing the AEOI Standard is in place but needs improvement. The overall rating of Sint Maarten in relation to the effectiveness in practice is: non-compliant. Wednesday November 9, 2022, the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes published the report ‘Peer Review of the Automatic ...
Peer review report on Automatic Exchange of Financial Account Information 2022: Curaçao
According to the Global Forum’s 2022 peer review report on automatic exchange of financial account information (AEOI), Curaçao’s legal framework implementing the AEOI Standard is not in place. The overall rating of Curaçao in relation to the effectiveness in practice is: non-compliant. Wednesday November 9, 2022, the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes published the report ‘Peer Review of the Automatic Exchange of Financial Account ...
Peer review report on Automatic Exchange of Financial Account Information 2022: Aruba
According to the Global Forum’s 2022 peer review report on automatic exchange of financial account information (AEOI), Aruba’s legal framework implementing the AEOI Standard is not in place. The overall rating of Aruba in relation to the effectiveness in practice is: non-compliant. Wednesday November 9, 2022, the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes published the report ‘Peer Review of the Automatic Exchange of Financial Account ...
Global Forum releases eight new peer review reports on transparency and exchange of information on request (EOIR)
The Global Forum published eight new peer review reports on transparency and exchange of information on request (EOIR) for the Cook Islands, Ecuador, Finland, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Sint Maarten and Sweden. This has been announced with a news release on the website of the OECD. The reports were published on 16 August 2022. Further from the news release: Travel restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic having prevented assessment teams from ...
Global Forum Secretariat presents Model Administrative Compliance Strategy for the Standard on automatic exchange of financial account information
The Global Forum Secretariat recently developed a Model Administrative Compliance Strategy in order to assist jurisdictions in developing, improving and implementing their own administrative compliance strategy to ensure the effectiveness of the Standard on automatic exchange of financial account information (AEOI). On 29 July 2022, 200 delegates from 88 jurisdictions attended a virtual information session focusing on the Model Strategy and technical assistance available to jurisdictions committed to AEOI. This has been announced with a news ...
Global Forum releases peer review report on the exchange of information on request (EOIR) for Sint Maarten (Phase 1 review: Legal and Regulatory Framework) (Sint Maarten)
The Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes (the Gobal Forum) published eight new peer review reports on transparency and exchange of information on request (EOIR), including the peer review report for Sint Maarten. This has been announced with a news release on the website of the OECD. Sint Maarten The new peer review report [external link] on the exchange of information on request for Sint ...
