The list of TAX heavens in EU

[JackieTsan]

Hello all,

anyone knows if this has been updated? I heard that is coming soon.

http://www.europarl.europa.eu/cmsda...621872-Listing-tax-havens-by-the-EU-FINAL.PDF
Anyone has the list that mentions the black, gray and white?

Thank you

 

[Artemis Eleutheria]

There are no tax havens in the EU... according to the EU

 

[punkstar69]

According to greeks, @Artemis Eleutheria ?
<- Im a greek too

 

[JohnLocke]

No the entire EU is crystal water clear and there exists no blackmoney at all. You want to look in the direction of Italy, Switzerland, Malta and Cyprus not to mention all the Baltic countries.

 

[KJK]

Take everything that comes from europa.eu or EU institutions with a grain of salt. The entire union/federation/something is weird and getting weirder each day.

I love that they created a "hurricane list" and put Bahamas, Barbuda and BVI on it, what the actual f**k.
Sometimes they put a country on the list only to remove it two months later...

And as is already mentioned above, this is just a boo-boo list by which they hope to achieve something similar to what US has achieved (with FATCA, W8BEN etc etc.), just wait a few years and EU will be similar in this to USA. Why is Switzerland on a watch list while the "founding countries" of Luxembourg and Netherlands aren't on any lists?

The bad thing is that such lists can make bank transfers more and more difficult, don't be surprised if bank stops a transfer just because you are sending/receiving money to/from a country on that list. I don't think this is sustainable, either we will have Orwellian total control or western states
collapse and the world moves to something like Bitcoin.

 

[neweraoffshore]

List should be updated in 2020. 2020 some changes will come with 5AMLD. Be prepared that a lot of structures with Malta, Cyprus etc. and cryptos won't work anymore. The EU offshore market is already dead, but it will be more dead in 2020.

 

[challenge]

leaving this here for the OP... here the updated lists

Common EU list of third country jurisdictions for tax purposes - Taxation and Customs Union - European Commission

 

[blockchain4ever]

List should be updated in 2020. 2020 some changes will come with 5AMLD. Be prepared that a lot of structures with Malta, Cyprus etc. and cryptos won't work anymore. The EU offshore market is already dead, but it will be more dead in 2020.

Though IP-boxes and super deductions are alive in EU. You develop software so you should know.

 

[Tax Cow]

The EU has a warm hearth but no financial brain. They're triggered over the demise of their influence as the Santa Claus money is running out. Thatcher's infamous statement about socialism held true.

Btw.

Italy recently became one of the most appealing tax havens in the world. After squeezing every drop of blood out of domestic businesses and wealthy businessmen, forcing them to move out of country, they finally decided to turn 180 degrees and rolled out big incentives.

For example, lump sum tax of EUR 100K for exemption of all tax on all foreign source income. What's more, if you pay that 100K, they deem all foreign source income "clean" as there's no obligation to declare the origin of funds. This is better than most banana republics with a territorial tax regime, because they typically want you to declare the amounts and origin of income, even if untaxable.

For high earners, Italy is a high profile tax haven and a laundry washer in one. Go in with 10M of drug money (foreign-earned !), declare it as foreign source income (no questions asked), pay 100K tax, and you're left with 9.9M of clean funds. You'll get an Italian tax return which is about as good as it gets - a "source of funds" document that covers 10M that you can use wherever you put your money next.

 

[neweraoffshore]

@blockchain4ever depends on your country. For example if you are taxed and live in Germany then it is dead for you as this would violate the "Deutsches Aussensteuergesetz" . I am sure multiple EU countries have similar laws like this.

 

[blockchain4ever]

@blockchain4ever depends on your country. For example if you are taxed and live in Germany then it is dead for you as this would violate the "Deutsches Aussensteuergesetz" . I am sure multiple EU countries have similar laws like this.

Most of those laws go against the freedom to establish in EU, and as far as I can tell, the law you're referring to is being challenged by the EU because of this. So I don't think EU countries are free to erect laws like that.

Of course, EU does allow exit tax laws and has even mandated some form of CFC laws recently.

 

[TravelRose]

List should be updated in 2020. 2020 some changes will come with 5AMLD. Be prepared that a lot of structures with Malta, Cyprus etc. and cryptos won't work anymore. The EU offshore market is already dead, but it will be more dead in 2020.

are you thinking offshore banks too ???

 

[JohnSeed]

Even newera may be right then dead in what eyes? Dead in anonymity, yes true in certain cases. Dead in tax speculations, NO not really. Dead in creditor & lender protection, NO not really.

There are still a lot of useful tools available in the EU you just need to learn use them for your big business.

 

[Artemis Eleutheria]

The EU has a warm hearth but no financial brain. They're triggered over the demise of their influence as the Santa Claus money is running out. Thatcher's infamous statement about socialism held true.

Did she not run out of other people's money ... something about a poll tax