What We Do
CRS 2.0 and CARF Implementation Readiness
Strategic preparation for Singapore’s amended CRS framework taking effect 1 January 2027 and the complementary Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework. We conduct gap analyses across entity classifications, controlling-person determinations, and Schema V3.0 data capture requirements ahead of 2026 reporting cycles.
Entity & Trust Classification
Technical classification of complex multi-tier holding platforms, trusts, private investment companies, fund vehicles, and family offices under FATCA, CRS, and CARF rules across multiple jurisdictions.
Controlling Person & Beneficial Ownership Chains
Granular analysis of multi-jurisdictional trust deeds, protector powers, foundation charters, and corporate ownership layers to ensure consistent and accurate identification of controlling persons and reportable individuals.
Self-Certification & Reporting Reconciliation
Review of bank, custodian, and fiduciary self-certification forms to eliminate conflicting positions, mismatched tax identification numbers (TINs), and erroneous residency declarations across accounts.
Interaction with Residence & Pillar Two
Evaluating how automatic information reporting intersects with domestic-law tax residence, treaty tie-break relief, controlled foreign company (CFC) exposure, and GloBE data points for multi-jurisdiction groups.
Remediation & Voluntary Disclosure
Formulating rectification strategies for historical under-reporting, misclassified accounts, or flawed documentation before regulatory inquiries or exchange files are opened.
How We Work
We combine partner-led technical depth with proprietary research tooling and coordinated multi-stakeholder execution.
Partner-Led Technical Depth
Every review is led directly by Michael Velten, bringing four decades of cross-border tax experience to questions that fiduciaries and financial institutions often treat as mechanical tick-box routines.
Supported by Proprietary Research Tooling
Our analysis is accelerated by our in-house research platform, ensuring exhaustive verification against primary statutory law, OECD commentary, and local revenue authority guidelines.
Coordinated Advisory
We collaborate seamlessly with trustees, custodian banks, corporate service providers, and legal counsel to ensure that advisory conclusions translate into accurate, operational reporting workflows.
Who We Act For
We serve institutions, wealth platforms, and international families requiring technical clarity and defensibility across multi-jurisdictional reporting obligations.
Financial Institutions & Reporting Platforms
Trust companies, fund managers, private banks, VCC structures, and digital asset service providers navigating expanding classification and schema obligations.
Single and Multi-Family Offices
Principals and fiduciaries seeking structural coherence across multi-jurisdictional wealth holding platforms.
Internationally Mobile Families & HNWIs
Individuals with family ties, residency, or business assets distributed across multiple jurisdictions requiring aligned self-certifications.
Why It Matters Now
Singapore has confirmed the implementation of CRS 2.0 from 1 January 2027, with first exchanges occurring in 2028. However, because reporting of 2026 data submitted in 2027 must conform to the revised XML schema, the operational transition begins in 2026.
At the same time, tax authorities across Asia-Pacific are deploying analytics-driven engines to automatically cross-reference exchange data against domestic tax returns and registry records. Inconsistencies that previously went unnoticed are now immediate audit triggers.
The platforms and families that treat transparency as a structural planning discipline discover and resolve exposure early; those that treat it as a routine administrative task discover it during a regulatory inquiry.