Common Reporting Standard (CRS)
Effective from 1st July 2017

Under the Common Reporting Standard (CRS) for the Automatic Exchange of Financial Account Information, Malaysian Financial Institutions are required to collect and report to Inland Revenue Board of Malaysia (IRBM)., financial account information on non-residents. The data collected may be transmitted by IRBM for the exchange of similar information with the tax authorities of the participating countries.

Effective from 1st July 2017, all new account opening customers must complete a Self-Certification form (summarized in the table below by account type) for the purpose of tax related information collection. After the submission of the form, please be informed that it is customers’ duty to inform all subsequent changes in customer’s tax residency status to the Bank.

To ease the completion of Self-Certification form, information pertaining to Tax Identification Number (TIN) of various countries can be referred to the following link:
www.oecd.org/tax/automatic-exchange/crs-implementation-and-assistance/tax-identification-numbers

We will provide our utmost best necessary assistance on this industry wide new requirement, continuing to uphold our quality service provision principal. For further clarification, kindly contact us at 00603-20595566 or e-mail to service.my@bankofchina.com.

Customer Type Self-Certification Form
Entity Appendix 1 - Self-Certification Form (Entity) 20170701.pdf
Entity (for the controlling person) Appendix 2 - Self-Certification Form (Controlling Person) 20170701.pdf
Individual Appendix 3 - Self-Certification Form (Individual) 20170701.pdf