Analysis of the Functioning of the Automatic Exchange of Information about Financial Accounts after Implementation of the Common Reporting Standard

• Authors: Tomasz Matras

Title variants

PL

Analiza funkcjonowania automatycznej wymiany informacji finansowych po wdrożeniu wspólnego standardu sprawozdawczego (Common Reporting Standard)

Abstracts

PL

W 2022 roku upływa pięć lat od pierwszej wymiany informacji o rachunkach finansowych zrealizowanej po wdrożeniu Wspólnego Standardu Sprawozdawczego (Common Reporting Standard – CRS). Przyjęcie przez OECD w 2014 roku CRS budziło wiele obaw. Szczególnie banki były zobligowane do wprowadzenia wielu zmian, aby właściwie zbierać i agregować dane na temat rezydencji podatkowej klientów i prawidłowo raportować je organom administracji skarbowej. Celem artykułu jest ocena CRS, uwzględniająca korzyści z wdrożonych zmian oraz słabe strony funkcjonowania standardu. Zaprezentowano skuteczność i efektywność rozwiązania w oparciu o dane OECD oraz krytyczną analizę niektórych aspektów funkcjonowania CRS. Przyjęta metoda badawcza polegała na weryfikacji dokumentów OECD i komparatystycznym porównaniu danych prezentowanych przez organizację z badaniami prowadzonymi przez instytucje naukowe oraz inne jednostki niepubliczne. Zgodnie z uzyskanymi wynikami badań automatyczna wymiana informacji finansowych nie funkcjonuje optymalnie i konieczne jest przygotowanie zmian przez OECD. Uzyskane dzięki CRS dodatkowe przychody są relatywnie niskie w porównaniu ze stratami podatkowymi generowanymi w dalszym ciągu na skutek optymalizacji podatkowej.

EN

The adoption of the Common Reporting Standard (CRS) by the OECD in 2014 raised many concerns. Banks were particularly obliged to implement many changes in order to properly collect and aggregate data on tax residence of their clients and correctly report them to the tax administration authorities. The aim of this article was to assess the functioning of the CRS, taking into account the benefits of implemented changes and critical voices regarding the functioning of the standard. The efficiency of the solution based on OECD data and a critical analysis of some aspects of the CRS were presented. The adopted research method was based on verification of official OECD documents and comparative analysis of data presented by the organization with the research conducted by scientific institutions and other private and public entities. According to the results of the research, the automatic exchange of financial information is not functioning optimally, and reforms need to be carried out. The additional revenues generated by the CRS are relatively low compared to the tax losses still generated by tax optimization

Keywords

EN

Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD); Common Reporting Standard (CRS); financial information; taxes; financial institutions

PL

OECD; CRS; wymiana informacji finansowych; podatki; instytucje finansowe

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu
• Journal: Prace Naukowe Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu
• Year: 2023
• Volume: 67
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 106-117

Dates

published

2023

Contributors

author

Tomasz Matras

• University of Wrocław

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Identifiers

DOI

10.15611/pn.2023.1.07

Biblioteka Nauki

2184053