The leak of the FinCEN Files has highlighted the ineffectiveness of the international anti-money laundering (AML) regime in terms of securing law enforcement outcomes and should trigger a fundamental review, a former senior U.S. law enforcement supervisory special agent has said
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Statutory Financial Reporting in Shared Services: Best Practices from Capgemini to Centralise, Standardise and Automate the Process
“In today’s world, zero non-compliance is the norm,” warns Vishal Parekh, Regional Head, South Asia and South-East Asia at Thomson Reuters. “No one wants to be in that bucket of…
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New corporate residency test: Board of Taxation releases report
The Board of Taxation released its report Review of Corporate Tax Residency on 6 October 2020. The report was completed in July 2020.
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Automating Tax Provision: the power of technology
Let’s start with this question: “How much do we
owe?”. It may be a simple question, but the answer
is not. For corporate tax professionals, an extensive
amount of work is devoted to that one figure.
Budget: Super trustees – new best “financial” interests duty
The Government has announced that it will legislate to compel trustees of APRA-regulated superannuation funds to act in the best “financial” interests of their members.
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2020-21 Federal Budget: “all about jobs” plus record deficit, big spending, backdated tax cuts and more
On Tuesday, 6 October 2020, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg handed down the 2020-21 Federal Budget, his second Budget.
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FinCEN leaks expose personal risk of AML/CTF compliance enforcement
An unprecedented leak of thousands of files from the U.S. government’s most confidential financial intelligence database has shone a spotlight on the world’s $2 trillion-a-year dirty money habit.
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ANALYSIS: FinCEN leaks will shine spotlight on “effectiveness” of global AML/CFT regime
The unlawful release of thousands of files from the U.S. financial intelligence unit’s database will shine a spotlight on the effectiveness of the international anti-money laundering (AML) regime, according to consultants with decades of experience in global banks and law enforcement agencies.
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Benefits of automation for statutory reporting: How are you preparing your cashflow statements?
When the next draft of financial statements is due, how quickly can you update your cashflow statements?
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IMPACT ANALYSIS: Risk and Compliance under a Digital Transformation
What does digital transformation mean? Digital transformations within an organisation usually starts with an ambitious vision, and many issues in risk and compliance need to be considered to make the…
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