CAYMAN ISLANDS CbC XML Schema – User Guide

1 Tax Information Authority CAYMAN ISLANDS CAYMAN ISLANDS CbC XML Schema User Guide Date of Issue: [] April 2018 [Draft 29 March 2018] Version CAYMAN ISLANDS CbC XML Schema User Guide 29 March 2018 Contents I. CAYMAN ISLANDS CbCR Portal .. 6 II. Introduction .. 7 A. CbCR Regulations: General and Specific Instructions on the CbC Report .. 7 B. Terminology .. 7 C. CbC XML Schema .. 8 D. How the CAYMAN ISLANDS CbC XML User Guide links to the CbC XML Schema .. 8 E. Data 8 F. Validation Errors .. 9 (1) Failed Schema Validation.

2 9 (2) File Contains Multiple occurrences of CbcBody .. 9 (3) CbC Schema Version Number Not Populated .. 9 (4) Character encoding set incorrectly .. 9 (5) Other .. 9 G. Optional and Mandatory Elements .. 9 H. Transliteration, further guidance and 10 III. CbC XML Schema Information .. 11 A. Message Header .. 11 1. SendingEntityIN .. 11 a) Error Code associated with SendingEntityIN .. 11 (1) SendingEntityIN .. 11 2. TransmittingCountry .. 11 a) Error Code associated with TransmittingCountry .. 11 (1) TransmittingCountry .. 11 b) Error Code associated with ReceivingCountry.

3 12 (1) ReceivingCountry .. 12 3. MessageType .. 12 4. Language .. 12 5. Warning .. 13 6. Contact .. 13 7. MessageRefID .. 13 a) Error Code associated with MessageRefID .. 13 CAYMAN ISLANDS CbC XML Schema User Guide 29 March 2018 (1) MessageRefID (Not Null) .. 13 (2) MessageRefID (Filename Match) .. 13 (3) MessageRefID (Incorrect Format) .. 13 Correct format for MessageRefID .. 14 Example MessageRefID .. 14 (4) MessageRefID (Duplicate) .. 14 (5) MessageRefID (CbCR ID incorrect) .. 14 (6) MessageRefID (Reporting Year Mismatch) .. 14 (7) MessageRefID (XML Creation Timestamp valid).

4 14 8. MessageTypeIndic .. 15 9. CorrMessageRefID .. 15 10. ReportingPeriod .. 15 11. Timestamp .. 15 B. OrganisationParty_Type .. 16 1. 16 2. TIN (TIN_Type) .. 17 3. Entity IN (OrganisationIN_Type) .. 17 4. Organisation Name .. 18 a) Error Code associated with Organisation Name .. 18 (1) Organisation Name .. 18 5. Address_Type .. 18 C. CbC Body .. 20 1. ReportingEntity .. 21 2. CbC Reports .. 23 a) CbC Reports Summary .. 24 (1) Revenues .. 24 (2) ProfitOrLoss .. 24 (3) TaxPaid .. 24 (4) TaxAccrued .. 25 (5) Captial .. 25 (6) Earnings.

5 26 (7) NbEmployees .. 26 CAYMAN ISLANDS CbC XML Schema User Guide 29 March 2018 (8) Assets .. 26 b) CbC Reports Summary Revenues .. 27 (1) Unrelated .. 27 (2) Related .. 27 (3) Total .. 28 c) CbC Reports Constituent Entities .. 28 (1) ConstEntity .. 28 (2) IncorpCountryCode .. 28 (3) BizActivities .. 29 (4) OtherEntityInfo .. 29 3. Additional Info .. 30 (1) DocSpec .. 30 (2) ResCountryCode .. 30 (3) SummaryRef .. 31 D. Transliteration .. 31 E. Corrections .. 31 1. Introduction .. 31 a) Error Code associated with Making Corrections.

6 32 (1) Correction (Over 3 years) .. 32 2. Technical Guidance .. 32 a) DocSpec_Type .. 32 b) DocTypeIndic .. 32 c) Error Code associated with DocTypeIndic .. 33 (1) DocTypeIndic .. 33 (2) DocTypeIndic (Correction) .. 33 (3) DocTypeIndic (New) .. 33 (4) File Contains Test Data for Production Environment .. 33 d) DocRefID .. 33 e) Error Code associated with DocRefID .. 34 (1) DocRefID (format) .. 34 (2) DocRefID (already used).. 35 f) Error Code associated with CorrDocRefID .. 35 CAYMAN ISLANDS CbC XML Schema User Guide 29 March 2018 (1) CorrDocRefID (Missing).

7 35 (2) CorrDocRefID (Duplicate) .. 35 (3) CorrDocRefID (Unknown Record) .. 35 (4) CorrDocRefID (Initial record).. 35 (5) CorrDocRefID (record no longer valid) .. 35 IV. Uniqueness of MessageRefID and DocRefID .. 37 A. Format of DocRefID .. 38 B. MessageSpec, Corrections and Cancellations .. 38 1. CbC Correction examples .. 39 a) First example .. 39 b) Second example: .. 41 c) Third example: .. 43 d) Fourth example: .. 45 Appendix A .. 47 CbC XML Schema Diagrams .. 47 Message Header [Section ] .. 48 Reporting Entity [Section ].

8 49 CbC Reports [Section ] .. 50 Address Type [Section ] .. 51 Organisation Party Type [Section ] .. 52 Appendix B .. 53 Glossary of namespaces .. 53 CAYMAN ISLANDS CbC XML Schema User Guide 28 March 2018 6 I. CAYMAN ISLANDS CbCR Portal The CAYMAN ISLANDS CbCR Portal can be accessed here: :8443 If you have difficulty accessing the CbCR Portal, please check with the information technology team of your Reporting Entity / MNE Group to ensure that your system allows access to the above address on TCP Port 8443.

9 The Primary Contact of the Reporting Entity of an MNE Group which has Constituent Entities resident in the ISLANDS must obtain login credentials for the CbCR Portal by completing the notification procedure described in the Authority s CbCR Guidance, which is available here: Please also check that source to ensure that you have the latest version of this CAYMAN ISLANDS CbC XML Schema User Guide . A Reporting Entity must be resident in the ISLANDS in order to make a CbC Report for its MNE Group via the CbCR Portal. CAYMAN ISLANDS CbC XML Schema User Guide 28 March 2018 7 II.

10 Introduction In order to facilitate the swift and uniform implementation of CbC reporting and with a view to accommodating the electronic preparation, filing and exchange of CbC Reports, the present CbC XML Schema and the related User Guide have been developed. A Schema is a data structure for electronically holding and transmitting information. XML, Extensible Markup Language , is commonly used for this purpose. This User Guide explains what information needs to be included in each CbC data element to be reported to the Authority in the CbC XML Schema v.