IEIM101220 - Exchange of Information: Key concepts: Jurisdictions that the UK can exchange with

If you wish to request information from an overseas tax authority you will need to check that the UK has a legal gateway with the jurisdiction (IEIM101200).

In some cases, there will be more than one gateway. There is no priority order to the instruments: the one that fits the needs of the request most suitably can be chosen. This decision will be taken by the Competent Authority (IEIM101400), and the detail on this page is to enable you to establish whether exchange with the particular jurisdiction is possible.

You can check if a jurisdiction is party to the Multilateral Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters (the ‘MAC’) on the OECD website. The OECD updates this list regularly as new participating jurisdictions are added.

IEIM210310 explains the taxes covered by the MAC.

These links will take you to the Gov.uk website pages which cover the bilateral Double Taxation Agreements (IEIM210100) and Tax Information Exchange Agreements (IEIM210200) that the UK is party to.

Each bilateral agreement will specify what taxes and duties are covered. More details on how to find out are on the relevant guidance pages for each type of agreement.