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Ensure compliance with DORA. Discover requirements for cybersecurity resilience, testing standards, and best practices for EU financial service providers.
In 2022, the global economy was expected to recover following the chaos unleashed by the COVID-19 pandemic. However, in 2023, organisations across all sectors still face a myriad of challenges. One of the areas in which Grant Thornton has been able to assist our clients in driving efficiency is through assisting businesses in delivering a ‘Cost Optimisation’ model.
The Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (“CSRD”) introduces detailed reporting requirements on companies’ impact on the environment, human rights and social standards.
The Forum on Tax Administration, a member group of the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework on BEPS (Base Erosion and Profit Shifting), along with other OECD task forces, published a guide to Multilateral Mutual Agreement Procedures multilateral (MAPs) and Advance Pricing Arrangements (APAs). This guide is abbreviated as the ‘MoMA’.
Following enactment of the Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Act 2023 on 9 March 2023, the Central Bank of Ireland (“CBI”) has launched a three-month consultation on key aspects of the implementation of the Individual Accountability Framework (IAF), including the publication of draft regulations and guidance.
Finance Act 2022 introduced significant changes to the R&D tax credit regime. Most of the changes accommodate the OECD Pillar Two GloBE rules and therefore were expected. Some of the practical issues now arising were not foreseen. In this insight, we summarise the new R&D regime and highlight the key practical considerations for companies.
As a result of recent amendments to the Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing) Act 2010 to 2021, Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASPs) are now “designated persons” and are required to comply with the relevant Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) obligations.
The European Parliament has published its approval of the European Commission’s draft proposal for Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive III (ATAD III) with recommended amendments.
The Digital Services Act (DSA) is a proposed piece of legislation by the European Union that aims to modernize and harmonize the rules governing digital services across the EU.
The Central Bank of Ireland (“CBI”) set out their findings and expectations for Payment and E-Money firms in its “Dear CEO” letter published January 20, 2023. Rather than issuance of specific additional or “new” expectations, it is a re-affirmation of the out regulatory expectations of authorised Payment and E-Money institutions already set out in the December 2021 letter in the same vein. A year on from that letter, it is clear that the CBI believes the industry has a lot more to do.
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