EU Council Directive (EU) 2018/822 (DAC6) requires the mandatory reporting, principally by intermediaries but ultimately by taxpayers, of reportable cross border arrangements and the subsequent automatic exchange of information in relation to those arrangements between EU governments. The ostensible policy objective is to identify arrangements that indicate aggressive tax planning at an earlier stage than normal domestic tax reporting.

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