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The EU has added the British Virgin Islands, Costa Rica, the Marshall Islands, and Russia to its list of non-cooperative tax jurisdictions.
The EU Council added the British Virgin Islands, Costa Rica, Marshall Islands, and Russia to the list of non-cooperative tax jurisdictions on the 14th February 2023. This comes after our previous alert regarding the introduction of withholding taxes (WHT) on payments to companies in jurisdictions included on the EU list of non-cooperative tax jurisdictions.
The list is part of the EU's external taxation strategy and intends to contribute to continuing global efforts to improve tax good governance.
As a result of these additions, the EU list now comprises of sixteen jurisdictions:
American Samoa
Anguilla
Bahamas
British Virgin Islands
Costa Rica
Fiji
Guam
Marshall Islands
Palau
Panama
Russia
Samoa
Trinidad and Tobago
Turks and Caicos Islands
US Virgin Islands
Vanuatu
Effectively, the listed jurisdictions have failed to engage in a constructive dialogue with the EU on tax governance or to fulfil their commitments to implement specific reforms, including tax transparency, fair taxation, and the implementation of international standards designed to prevent tax base erosion and profit shifting.
The next list revision is anticipated in October 2023.
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