OECD reveals all about new global standard

On July 21 the OECD released the full version of the Standard for Automatic Exchange of Financial Account Information in Tax Matters, which requires financial institutions to report detailed financial account information to their governments, which then exchange such information automatically with other jurisdictions on an annual basis. The Standard developed by the OECD in response to a mandate by the G20 was first presented to and endorsed by the G20 Finance Ministers in February 2014.