Hong Kong: Updated version of encryption tool for data files
Reporting financial institutions must now use the updated version to encrypt their data files.
The Hong Kong Inland Revenue Department (IRD) on February 27, 2026, released an updated version of the encryption tool on the automatic exchange of financial account information (AEOI) portal.
Reporting financial institutions must now use this new version to encrypt their data files.
Read a March 2026 report prepared by the KPMG member firm in Hong Kong