The Council conclusions on the revised EU list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes 2022/C 391/02 were published in the Official Journal of the EU on 12 October 2022, including the addition of Anguilla, the Bahamas, and the Turks and Caicos Islands as non-cooperative jurisdictions (Annex I). The revised list was adopted on 4 October 2022 and is now official with its publication in the Official Journal. The revised list of jurisdictions and their reasons for inclusion are as follows:
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ANNEX I
The EU list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes
1. American Samoa
American Samoa does not apply any automatic exchange of financial information, has not signed and ratified, including through the jurisdiction they are dependent on, the OECD Multilateral Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance as amended, did not commit to apply the BEPS minimum standards and did not commit to addressing these issues.
2. Anguilla
Anguilla facilitates offshore structures and arrangements aimed at attracting profits without real economic substance by failing to take all necessary actions to ensure the effective implementation of substance requirements under criterion 2.2.
Anguilla is waiting for a supplementary review by the Global Forum in relation to Exchange of Information on Request (criterion 1.2).
3. The Bahamas
The Bahamas facilitates offshore structures and arrangements aimed at attracting profits without real economic substance by failing to take all necessary actions to ensure the effective implementation of substance requirements under criterion 2.2.
The Bahamas committed to address the BEPS Inclusive Framework's (BEPS IF) recommendations with regard to the implementation of criterion 3.2 on Country-by-Country Reporting (CbCR) in due time, so that this is reflected in the BEPS IF Action 13 Peer Review Report in the autumn of 2023.
4. Fiji
Fiji is not a member of the Global Forum on transparency and exchange of information for tax purposes ('Global Forum'), has not signed and ratified the OECD Multilateral Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance as amended, has harmful preferential tax regimes (Exporting Companies, Income Communication Technology (ICT) Incentive, Concessionary rate of tax for regional or global headquarters), has not become a member of the Inclusive Framework on BEPS or implemented OECD anti-BEPS minimum standard, and has not resolved these issues yet.
5. Guam
Guam does not apply any automatic exchange of financial information, has not signed and ratified, including through the jurisdiction they are dependent on, the OECD Multilateral Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance as amended, did not commit to apply the BEPS minimum standards and did not commit to addressing these issues.
6. Palau
Palau does not apply any automatic exchange of financial information, has not signed and ratified the OECD Multilateral Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance as amended, and has not resolved these issues yet.
7. Panama
Panama does not have a rating of at least 'Largely Compliant' by the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes for Exchange of Information on Request and has not resolved this issue yet. Panama has a harmful foreign-source income exemption regime and has not resolved this issue yet.
Panama committed to address the BEPS Inclusive Framework's (BEPS IF) recommendations with regard to the implementation of criterion 3.2 on Country-by-Country Reporting (CbCR), in due time, so that this is reflected in the BEPS IF Action 13 Peer Review Report in the autumn of 2023.
8. Samoa
Samoa has a harmful preferential tax regime (Offshore Business) and has not resolved this issue yet.
9. Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago does not apply any automatic exchange of financial information, does not have a rating of at least 'Largely Compliant' by the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes for Exchange of Information on Request, has not signed and ratified the OECD Multilateral Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance as amended, has harmful preferential tax regimes (Free Zones), and has not resolved these issues yet.
Trinidad and Tobago committed to address the BEPS IF's recommendations with regard to the implementation of criterion 3.2 on country-by-country reporting (CbCR) in due time, so that this is reflected in the BEPS IF Action 13 Peer Review Report in the autumn of 2023.
10. Turks and Caicos Islands
Turks and Caicos Islands facilitates offshore structures and arrangements aimed at attracting profits without real economic substance by failing to take all necessary actions to ensure the effective implementation of substance requirements under criterion 2.2.
11. US Virgin Islands
US Virgin Islands does not apply any automatic exchange of financial information, has not signed and ratified, including through the jurisdiction they are dependent on, the OECD Multilateral Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance as amended, has harmful preferential tax regimes (Economic Development Programme, Exempt companies, International Banking Center Regulatory Act), did not commit to apply the BEPS minimum standards and did not commit to addressing these issues.
12. Vanuatu
Vanuatu facilitates offshore structures and arrangements aimed at attracting profits without real economic substance and has not resolved this issue yet.
Vanuatu is waiting for a supplementary review by the Global Forum in relation to Exchange of Information on Request.