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Tax Related Laws & Regulations

Tax Act:
Regulations Governing Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing for Certified Public Bookkeepers and Bookkeeping and Tax Return Filing Agents
Article 6
Content:
A certified public bookkeeper or bookkeeping and tax return filing agent shall undertake customer due diligence measures of customer identity in the following manners and use other information to undertake customer due diligence measures of customer identity:
1. If the customer is a natural person, the customer’s original national identity card, resident certificate, passport, or other supporting documents sufficient to prove the customer’s identity shall be verified.
2. If the customer is a company, a sole proprietorship, a partnership, a profit-seeking enterprise incorporated in other ways, or any other corporation or non-corporation, the following documents are required to understand the nature of its business and control structure:
 (1) Certificate of establishment or registration;
 (2) Constitution, if it is required by regulations;
 (3) List of directors or supervisors if such persons have been appointed in accordance with regulations;
 (4) List of partners in case of a partnership;
 (5) Documents or statements that may prove the identity of beneficial owners.
3. If the customer is a trustee for a trust or any other similar legal arrangement, the following documents are required to understand the nature and control structure thereof:
 (1) Certificate of registration; however, this rule does not apply to those exempt from registration according to law;
 (2) The trust agreement or documents regarding the legal arrangement;
 (3) Identification documents regarding the trustor, trustee, and beneficiary, or the director, supervisor, trustee, beneficiary, or administrator of the legal arrangement;
 (4) Documents or statements that may prove the identity of the owners or beneficial owners.
Any of the aforesaid documents submitted in photocopies shall be verified to be the same as the original based on reasonable grounds or in a reasonable manner.
If a certified public bookkeeper or bookkeeping and tax return filing agent is unable to undertake customer due diligence measures of customer identity within a reasonable period, they shall refuse the authorization or terminate the business relationship at their own discretion. When necessary, they may report any suspicious transaction associated with the customer to the Investigation Bureau, Ministry of Justice in accordance with Paragraph 1 of Article 10 of the Act.
If a certified public bookkeeper or bookkeeping and tax return filing agent suspects that a customer may involve money laundering or terrorist financing, and undertake customer due diligence measures of the customer identity verification process may divulge messages to the customer, then the process may be set aside and the transaction suspected to involve money laundering or terrorist financing shall be directly reported to the Investigation Bureau, Ministry of Justice.
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