Correspondence

Joint statement on beneficial ownership information

Joint statement on the initiative for the automatic exchange of beneficial ownership information.

• From: HM Treasury and The Rt Hon George Osborne
• Published: 22 April 2016
• Last updated: 3 May 2016 — See all updates

This was published under the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

This publication was withdrawn on 13 May 2016

The information on this page is now out of date. A current list of countries that have committed to automatically exchange information on beneficial ownership has been published.

Documents

Statement on the initiative for exchange of beneficial ownership information

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Details

Over 20 countries have joined the UK-led pilot to automatically share ownership information for companies. As such their tax and law enforcement agencies will now exchange data on company beneficial ownership registers and new registers of trusts enabling more effective investigation of financial wrongdoing and tax-dodging.

Published 22 April 2016
Last updated 3 May 2016 + show all updates

1. 3 May 2016

   Updated document to include Iceland

2. 25 April 2016

   Updated with Poland and Anguilla

3. 22 April 2016

   First published.