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Report to G20 on Beneficial Ownership
10/07/2016The Financial Action Task Force published a report to the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors updating them on the steps being taken by the FATF on implementation of international standards on transparency and beneficial ownership. In April 2016, the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors requested the FATF and the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes to make initial recommendations by October 19, 2016 on ways to improve the implementation of the international standards on transparency, including on the availability of beneficial ownership information, and its international exchange. The report states that many countries still do not implement the beneficial ownership requirements effectively. Therefore, the FATF has committed to focus on beneficial ownership in the FATF peer review follow-up process, to deliver recommendations on how countries can improve their implementation of beneficial ownership requirements and to improve cooperation between the FATF and the Global Forum to improve transparency on beneficial ownership. The FATF will be considering the initial recommendations further at its meeting on October 19, 2016. The FATF is also calling on the G20 members to issue a public commitment to meet the FATF standards on beneficial ownership because, in the FATF's view, prevention of the abuse of corporate vehicles can only be remedied by individual countries.
View the report on beneficial ownership.
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