Macau has published in the Official Gazette Executive Notice No. 24/2018, announcing the entry into force of the tax information exchange agreement with Ireland on 6 March 2018. The agreement, signed 12 September 2016, is the first of its kind between the two jurisdictions. It applies for criminal tax matters on the date of its entry into force, and for other tax matters in respect of tax periods beginning on or after that date or, where there is no tax period, all charges to tax arising on or after that date.