The 48 countries that the Treasury considers as tax havens

The “Pandora Papers” are the result of an in-depth investigation that more than 600 journalists and 150 media outlets around the world have carried out during two years through the International Consortium of Periostas . They have brought to light an international network dedicated to tax avoidance and evasion involving personalities from all over the world, including more than 300 politicians from 90 countries: Abdala II from the West Bank, Claudia Schiffer, Pep Guardiola, Tony Blair, Corina Larsen , Shakira, Vlodimir Zelenski, Elton John …

What is a tax haven?

It is known as a tax haven to that territory where the creation of companies is practically its only activity . It offers great tax advantages to foreign citizens and also protects your anonymity. One of the main criteria for identifying countries that can be considered tax havens is the lack of transparency and the absence of systems to share information with the authorities of other countries.

Even so, there is no official global list of jurisdictions of this type. Each country decides for itself which ones it considers tax havens. In 2015 the European Commission published its own list of 30 states, but this 2021 the registry has been reduced to 12 “non-cooperative countries” : Dominica, Anguilla, American Samoa, Guam, Fiji, Panama, Palau, Trinidad and Tobago, Samoa, US Virgin Islands, Seychelles, and Vanuatu.

Tax havens according to the Treasury in 2021

This is the complete list of the countries considered by the Spanish Tax Agency as tax havens :

1. Principality of Andorra
2. Aruba
3. Sultanate of Brunei
4. United Arab Emirates
5. Hongkong
6. Turks and Caicos Islands
7. British Virgin Islands
8. Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
9. Republic of Liberia
10. Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
11. Principality of Monaco
12. Republic of Seychelles
13. Netherlands Antilles
14. Isle of Man
15. Mauricio
16. Republic of Nauru
17. St. Vincent and the Grenadines
18. Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
19. Principality of Liechtenstein
20. Macau
21. Sultanate of Oman
22. Republic of San Marino
23. Republic of Singapore
24. Republic of Vanuatu
25. Virgin Islands of the United States of America
26. Lebanese Republic
27. Emirate of the State of Bahrain
28. Republic of cyprus
29. Bermuda Islands
30. Cook islands
31. grenade
32. Islands of Guernsey and Jersey
33. Republic of Malta
34. Gibraltar
35. Eel
36. The Bahamas
37. Republic of Panama
38. Falkland Islands
39. Mariana islands
40. Montserrat
41. Solomon Islands
42. St. Lucia
43. Old and bearded
44. Barbados
45. Cayman Islands
46. Republic of Dominica
47. Fiji
48. Jamaica