Regulatory Update from IFSCA (International Financial Services Centres Authority)

IFSCA has released a Circular prescribing the fees for the newly introduced Book-keeping, Accounting, Taxation, and Financial Crime Compliance Services (BATF) Regulations.

๐…๐ž๐ž ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž:
โ€“ ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐…๐ž๐ž๐ฌ: $1,000 per activity
โ€“ ๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐…๐ž๐ž๐ฌ: $5,000

๐€๐ง๐ง๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ ๐…๐ž๐ž๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ:
โ€“ Less than 500 employees: $5,000 per activity
โ€“ 500 to 1,000 employees: $7,500 per activity
โ€“ More than 1,000 employees: $10,000 per activity

๐Š๐ž๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐„๐ฑ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐€๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ (๐€๐’๐๐ฌ):
โ€“ Existing ASPs rendering BATF services under the IFSCA ASP Framework are not required to pay the application fee for the same activity under BATF regulations.
โ€“ Annual/recurring fees will be adjusted for the fees already paid under the ASP framework.

๐ˆ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐ƒ๐š๐ญ๐ž:
โ€“ Existing ASPs must communicate their willingness to operate under the new BATF regulations for bookkeeping, accountancy, and taxation services by August 2, 2024.

๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ด, ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฌ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Š๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ณ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ: http://surl.li/yxvqex

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