Table of contents
 
Model Competent Authority Agreement and
Common Reporting Standard
Commentaries
   
Abbreviations and acronyms

I. Introduction
 
 
II. Model Competent Authority Agreement and Common Reporting Standard  
  A. Model Competent Authority Agreement and Common Reporting Standard
Section 1: Definitions
Section 2: Exchange of Information with Respect to Reportable Accounts
Section 3: Time and Manner of Exchange of Information
Section 4: Collaboration on Compliance and Enforcement
Section 5: Confidentiality and Data Safeguards
Section 6: Consultations and Amendments
Section 7: Term of Agreement
 
 
  B. Common Reporting Standard
Section I: General Reporting Requirements
Section II: General Due Diligence Requirements
Section III: Diligence for Preexisting Individual Accounts
Section IV: Due Diligence for New Individual Accounts
Section V: Due Diligence for Preexisting Entity Accounts
Section VI: Due Diligence for New Entity Accounts
Section VII: Special Due Diligence Requirements
Section VIII: Defined Terms
Section IX: Effective Implementation

 
 
Annexes  
  Annex 1. Multilateral Model Competent Authority Agreement  
  Annex 2. Nonreciprocal Model Competent Authority Agreement  
  Annex 3. Common Reporting Standard User Guide  
  Annex 4. Example Questionnaire  
  Annex 5. Wider Approach to the Common Reporting Standard  
  Annex 6. Declaration on Automatic Exchange of Information in Tax Matters  
  Annex 7. Recommendation of the Council on the Standard for Automatic Exchange of Financial Account Information in Tax Matters