According to a press release of 27 January 2017, published by the OECD, Lithuania, Mauritius, Gabon, Hungary, Indonesia, Malta, and the Russian Federation have now signed a tax co-operation agreement, the Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement for Country-by-Country Reporting (CbC MCA), to enable automatic sharing of country-by-country information. According to OECD, Total signatories to the agreement CbC MCAA are now 57.
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