EU: Updates to list of non-cooperative jurisdictions

The grey list includes the following 25 jurisdictions.

The grey list includes the following 25 jurisdictions.

The Council of the European Union on 24 February 2022 adopted conclusions [PDF 429 KB] for a revised EU list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes.

The EU Council agreed to the following action:

  • To add the Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, Israel, Monserrat, Russia, Tunisia, Turks and Caicos Islands, and Vietnam to Annex II of the list (the so-called “grey list”)

With today’s revision, the grey list includes the following 25 jurisdictions: Anguilla, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Botswana, British Virgin Islands, Costa Rica, Dominica, Hong Kong, Israel, Jamaica, Jordan, Malaysia, Montserrat, North Macedonia, Qatar, Seychelles, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Uruguay, Russia, Turks and Caicos Islands, and Vietnam.

No jurisdictions were added to or removed from the list of non-cooperative jurisdictions (Annex I).

Read a February 2022 report prepared by KPMG’s EU Tax Centre 

 

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