The Cabinet has approved the Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement (MCAA) On July 4, 2018, regarding the automatic exchange of Financial Account Information. It was signed on August 17, 2017. Ā It provides exchange of information in accordance with OECD Common Reporting Standard (CRS). The first information exchange date under CRS would have completed by September 2019.
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