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Economy

New global exchange system to tackle tax avoidance

Over 100 countries to join Common Reporting Standard system

A special tax inspection task force at the Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau targets wealthy taxpayers.

TOKYO -- Tax authorities around the world will soon get a powerful new weapon in the fight against tax avoidance.

Next year will see the launch of the Common Reporting Standard, a new global system for the automatic exchange of financial account information between national revenue bodies. Set for launch in September 2018 the CRS has already been hailed as a game-changer.

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