Data from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development points to 41 countries as having tax-haven status according to four criteria.
The four criteria are: insignificant or non-existent tax levels, absence of transparency in tax matters, absence of fiscal data exchange with other countries and attractiveness for straw companies with fictitious activities.
Some jurisdictions have taken steps to boost transparency in their dealings with the OECD, which seeks to coordinate economic policies among the world’s leading industrialised nations.
Others, notably Liechtenstein, Andora and Monaco, exchange no information with other states.
However, of the total, 38 countries have made commitments to the OECD to ensure transparency and to exchange data:
1. Anguilla
2. Antigua and Barbuda
3. Dutch Antilles
4. Aruba
5. The Bahamas
6. BahreÐn
7. Barbados
8. Belize
9. Bermuda
10. Cyprus
11. Dominica
12. Gibraltar
13. Grenada
14. Guernesey
15. Cayman Islands
16. Cook Islands
17. Isle of Man
18. Marshall Islands
19. Mauritious
20. British Virgin Islands
21. US Virgin Islands
22. Jersey
23. Liberia
24. Maldives
25. Malta
26. Montserrat
27. Nauru
28. Niue
29. Panama
30. Samoa
31. Saint Kitts et Nevis
32. Sainta Lucia
33. Saint Martin
34. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
35. Seychelles
36. Tonga
37. Turks et Caicos
38. Vanuatu
The OECD has labelled three states as non-cooperative
1. Andorra
2. Liechtenstein
3. Monaco
Source: AFP
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