In order to deal with the challenges related to the draw off of black money, Central Board of Direct Taxation (CBDT) has said that India is close to signing collaborative jurisdictional agreements with three countries - Singapore, the United Arab Emirates and Hong Kong. It is in the process and will come up with a revised note before December 31, 2015 which will provide guidance to financial institutions, regulators and tax department officers for ensuring compliance of norms.
CBDT said that though they have yet to sign the Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement (MCAA) for the AEOI, Dubai, Hong Kong and Singapore will fall under jurisdictions which have committed for AEOI from 2018. Once Singapore and the UAE sign the MCAA, India would be able to exchange information automatically with these countries from 2018 onwards, where as the treaty negotiation with Hong Kong is underway.
It further highlighted that once the AEOI will be implemented, it would enable India to receive information from every country in the world, including offshore financial centres and tax havens, and would be the key to prevent international tax evasion and avoidance, and would be instrumental in getting information about money stashed. AEOI will help create an environment of transparency between 75 countries that have signed the MCAA, including nations like Switzerland and the British Version Ireland (BVI) etc.
Further, in order to ensure confidentiality of data received from foreign countries that will ensure a transparent environment to deal with the problem and challenges of black money, CBDT has constituted an 'Information Security Committee'. This will relate to processes such as ratification and information security policies and procedures (ISPP) to ensure implementation and management review. It will also focus on maintaining continuing suitability, adequacy and effectiveness of ISPP.
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