19 January 2018

France expands provisions on Automatic Exchange of Information in Tax Matters

Article 56 of France's Amending Finance Bill for 2017 (law n° 2017-1775 dated December 28, 2017) has expanded the provisions contained in the French Tax Code (FTC), the French Tax Procedures Code (TPC) and the French Monetary and Financial Code (MFC) related to the Automatic Exchange of Information (AEoI) in Tax Matters. Specifically, the provisions cover the United States Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Common Reporting Standard (CRS) and the European Directive on Administration Cooperation in Taxation (DAC).

A Global Tax Alert, attached below, provides additional details.

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Full text of Tax Alert 2018-0138 

Document ID: 2018-0138