Compliance ratings following peer reviews against the standard of exchange of information on request

The Global Forum carries on peer reviews to assess the implementation of the standard of exchange of information on request (EOIR) and rates the jurisdictions’ compliance. Four distinct ratings can be allocated to a jurisdiction once it has undergone a full peer review:

Compliant: The EOIR standard is implemented. This rating can be granted even if a few recommendations were issued, to the extent that no material deficiencies were identified.
Largely Compliant: The EOIR standard is implemented to a large extent but improvements are needed. Some deficiencies identified are material but have limited impact on EOIR.
Partially Compliant: The EOIR standard is only partly implemented. At least one material deficiency which has had, or is likely to have, a significant effect on EOIR in practice has been identified.
Non-Compliant: Fundamental deficiencies in the implementation of the EOIR standard have been identified.

The implementation of the EOIR standard has been swift and global, with only few jurisdictions having fallen short to meet the commitments made to the Global Forum. They are provided with support to advance their regulatory environment and practices. More than half of the Global Forum members have been fully reviewed in the second round of EOIR peer reviews and the ratings assigned are generally very good: 85% have received a satisfactory overall rating (“Compliant” or “Largely Compliant”), while 13% have been assessed as "Partially Compliant" and 2% as "Non-Compliant".

Following calls in April 2016 by the G20 Finance leaders to establish objective criteria and a list of jurisdictions which have not made satisfactory progress in implementing the international tax transparency standards, a special fast-track review procedure was approved. This procedure was implemented between April and June 2017 as part of the first Round of assessments. Several jurisdictions were able to demonstrate progress in the implementation of the EOIR standard and were granted a provisional upgrade to their ratings.

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