Industry is advised that the Department for International Tax Cooperation (DITC) has published the attached list of CRS Reportable Jurisdictions, pursuant to regulation 5(3) of the Tax Information Authority (International Tax Compliance) (Common Reporting Standard) Regulations, as amended.

In the case of Reportable Jurisdictions for 2019 such as Ghana and Kuwait, the CRS Returns will be due in 2019 for the 2018 financial year. If your Financial Institution has Reportable Accounts for such jurisdictions it will be necessary to submit CRS Returns for them and then to submit a CRS Filing Declaration after reporting on all Reportable Accounts.