On 18 February 2020, EU Finance Ministers updated the EU list of non-cooperative tax jurisdictions.
Four countries or territories have been added to the list of non-cooperative tax jurisdictions, as they failed to comply with the required standards within the deadline. They are:
- Cayman Islands;
- Palau;
- Panama;
- Seychelles.
These join the eight jurisdictions that were already on the list and remain non-compliant:
- American Samoa;
- Fiji;
- Guam;
- Samoa;
- Oman;
- Trinidad and Tobago;
- Vanuatu;
- US Virgin Islands.
Meanwhile, 16 countries have been completely delisted, as they are now in line with all of the tax good governance standards. They include:
- Antigua and Barbuda;
- Armenia;
- Bahamas;
- Barbados;
- Belize;
- Bermuda;
- British Virgin Islands;
- Cabo Verde;
- Cook Islands;
- Curaçao;
- Marshall Islands;
- Montenegro;
- Nauru;
- Niue;
- Saint Kitts and Nevis;
- Vietnam.
On the blog
The EU’s Tax Blacklist – Why We Should Care Who Is on the List, by Lucas Rutherford (4 December 2017)
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