BVI and Seychelles Sign Multilateral Competent Authorities Agreement

According to the new update by OECD, the British Virgin Islands and Seychelles have signed up to the Multilateral Competent Authorities Agreement (MCAA) on country-by-country reporting. The BVI signed up to the pact on July 7, 2019, and Seychelles joined the agreement two days later. 

Country-by-country (CbC) reporting is a standard which requires the disclosure by large multinational groups of some basic items of financial data, usually in each country where the parent is located. Collected information includes the amount of revenue reported, profit before income tax, and income tax paid and accrued, as well as the stated capital, accumulated earnings, number of employees, and tangible assets. The OECD developed the Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement on the Exchange of CbC Reports, enabling their automatic exchange.

According to the OECD's update in the end of August 2019, a total of 82 territories have now signed up to automatically exchange CbC reports.