22/08/2016 – Liechtenstein today deposited its instrument of ratification for the Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters ("the Convention"). By doing so, Liechtenstein underlines its commitment to fighting tax evasion and avoidance and takes another important step in implementing the Standard for Automatic Exchange of Financial Account Information in Tax Matters developed by the OECD and G20 countries as well as automatic exchange of Country-by-Country Reports under the OECD/G20 Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) Project.

 

Liechtenstein committed to implement automatic exchange of financial account information in time to commence exchanges in 2017 and was amongst the first signatories of the CRS Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement (the "CRS MCAA") and the Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement on the Exchange of Country-by-Country Reports (the "CbC MCAA"), which are both based on Article 6 of the Convention.

 

The Convention will enter into force for Liechtenstein on 1 December 2016.

 

Media queries should be directed to Pascal Saint-Amans, Director of the OECD Centre for Tax Policy and Administration (+33 6 26 30 49 23).