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ARTICLE · 31 MAY 2017

Cayman Islands Latest AEOI Announcements: CRS Guidance Notes Updated

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On 13 April 2017 the Cayman Islands (‘Cayman') Department for International Tax Cooperation (‘DITC') made announcements regarding various international automatic exchange of information...

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On 13 April 2017 the Cayman Islands ('Cayman') Department for International Tax Cooperation ('DITC') made announcements regarding various international automatic exchange of information ('AEOI') regimes including: the Common Reporting Standard ('CRS'); the US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act ('FATCA'); the UK Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories ('UK CDOT'); and the European Union Savings Directive ('EUSD').

Key changes

The Announcements are repeated in full below, but the following are the key changes:

CRS Guidance Notes:

There is a new set of Guidance Notes. This is not yet available on the DITC/Tax Information Authority ('TIA') website but is available here.

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