
The tax administration will focus more on the identification of non-declaration related to offshore jurisdictions of companies that open bank accounts abroad, based on the collected data Automatic Exchange of Information (AEoI) under the framework of the Common Reporting Standard (CRS). .
For this reason, it is intended to make the structure responsible for the Common Reporting Standard (CRS) effective in the General Directorate of Taxes and to train the staff, in order to implement this project.
Likewise, the tax administration will conduct periodic analyzes on cases of tax evasion in relation to offshore jurisdictions and will implement the internal regulation that determines the flow of information to the DPT as well as the monitoring of banks on the implementation of proper verification.
In the next 3 years, the revision of the agreement and the increase of inter-institutional cooperation (FIU) regarding the monitoring of banks as reporting subjects and the recommendations of MONEYVAL are also intended.
To combat the problem of offshore tax evasion and the avoidance of the accumulation of money abroad, tax authorities, in cooperation with the G20 countries and the OECD, created a Common Reporting Standard (CRS) on the Automatic Exchange of Information (AEOI). The information to be exchanged includes financial account balances at the end of the reporting year, capital gains (including interest, dividends, rights and proceeds from the sale of financial assets) reported to governments by financial institutions, covering the accounts of held by individuals and entities including trusts and foundations.
The General Directorate of Taxes collects data from financial institutions and exchanges it automatically with the other 130 signatory countries of the agreement. Failure to submit on time the mandatory information to be reported or with inaccuracy, is punished with a fine of 10,000 Lek.