The Isle of Man Financial Services Authority has published updated guidance to help Island firms complete the AML/CFT Statistical Return covering year-end 2025 data. The enhanced Return will be issued on 5 January 2026 and must be submitted by 3 April 2026. The updated guidance, developed with input from a stakeholder focus group, provides regulated entities and designated businesses with visibility on the questions and requirements for the 2025 Return, with new or significantly changed questions highlighted in green. Key changes include revised customer-type questions for money transmission entities, insurance intermediaries, estate agents and virtual asset service providers, expanded customer-type categories and additional questions for trust and corporate service providers including nominee shareholding and registered office services, fewer questions for specified non-profit organisations using donor and beneficiary terminology, and updated guidance and data collection for commercially exposed persons. The Return also amends questions on firms using banking facilities to improve the Authority’s view of financial flows, updates questions on exempted transactions and transfers of blocks of business, adds two controls-related data points on full-time equivalent staffing versus headcount and points of business acceptance, and improves the structure and placement of explanatory text. The Authority indicated it will continue to assess industry feedback and may amend the guidance during the reporting period. Once issued, a dedicated team will support firms using the Return, which is collected via the STRIX data collection and analysis system.

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