On 3 September 2020, the Russian Federal Tax Service has announced that Hong Kong and Russia signed an agreement on the exchange of Country-by-Country (CbC) reports for the 2017 and 2018 reporting years. For reporting fiscal years beginning on or after 1 January 2019, exchange is provided under the CbC Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement.
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