Clearstream has teamed up with BearingPoint RegTech, a provider of regulatory, risk, and supervisory technology solutions to develop a solution for TRACE.
The Treaty Relief and Compliance Enhancement (TRACE) was co-developed by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the financial industry and tax administrations.
It was created with the idea to enable investors to easily and effectively claim the reduced rates that they are entitled to without excessive administrative burden.
Additionally, it was created to standardise the procedures for providing treaty relief at source, its functionality is very similar to the US Qualified Intermediary (QI) and the Irish QI regimes.
Clearstream and BearingPoint’s solution aims to cover arising reporting obligations for the new regulation TRACE.
The development is a joint project with their customer Clearstream, who registered as Authorised Intermediary for TRACE Finland.
The new module for TRACE will be developed on the platform of BearingPoint RegTech’s established and proven tax reporting solution FiTAX.
FiTAX is a modular, standardised, ready-to-use tax reporting solution that meets the reporting requirements of QI, QDD/871(m), FATCA, CRS/AEOI and DAC6/MDR reporting.
BearingPoint RegTech says FiTAX is used by more than 3,200 institutions and covers reporting for more than 138 countries from data collection to direct upload of encrypted reporting files to the portals of the tax authorities.
Thilo Derenbach, head of European custody product, Clearstream, explains: “Having a single platform that supports us in meeting both QI and TRACE reporting requirements will help leverage synergies between both regimes, streamlining processes and minimising efforts connected to tax reporting.”
Fabrice Chatelain, product director FiTAX, BearingPoint RegTech, adds: “We are delighted to partner with Clearstream for the development of our new FiTAX module. Partnering with an important market player will allow us to ensure that our solutions address the market’s needs.”
