Fourth Anti-Money Laundering Directive

Fourth Anti-Money Laundering Directive

Over the coming weeks I will be posting a number of articles concerning the Fourth Anti-Money Laundering Directive (4th AMLD) which came into force on 26 June 2015. The United Kingdom and all other EU Member States have 2 years within which to enact its content domestically.

The UK has already started to implement some of the requirements through the roll out of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act, which has now implemented two of its five roll outs.

In this first article I look at the new terminology being used for regulated business, financial thresholds and lawyers’ client accounts. These all may have an impact of the accounting professional, for example, many clients of accountants may be high value dealers or potential high value dealers who need informing of the new thresholds.

To read the article click on this link.