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ISCA Invites Comments on EP 200 Exposure Draft to Adopt ACRA AML/CFT Requirements

ISCA issues Exposure Draft (ED) – Proposed Changes to EP 200 Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism – Requirements and Guidelines for Professional Accountants in Singapore for public consultation. This ED seeks to adopt the anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) requirements which are expected to be included in the subsidiary legislation to the Accountants Act. These requirements are applicable to professional accountants in public practice and professional firms preparing for or carrying out transactions which are considered high risk.

Professional accountants in public practice and professional firms preparing for or carrying out transactions which are considered high risk are to adopt ACRA’s AML/CFT requirements in entirety.

The activities which are considered high-risk are as follows:

(a) Buying and selling of real estate;

(b) Managing of client money, securities or other assets;

(c) Management of bank, savings or securities accounts;

(d) Organisation of contributions for the creation, operation or management of companies; and

(e) Creation, operation or management of legal persons or arrangements, and buying and selling of business entities.

The AML/CFT requirements remain the same for (i) professional accountants in business, and (ii) professional accountants in public practice and professional firms preparing for or carrying out transactions other than those high risk activities as mentioned above.

Please send your comments to professionalstandards@isca.org.sg by 22 May 2023.


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