Top 150 Best Tax Haven News, Reviews & Resources

Tax Haven Resources News, Reviews & Resources

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• 2 Principalities see eye to eye on taxes - "A tax treaty, aimed at eliminating double taxation with respect to income tax and preventing tax evasion, has been signed between the Principality of Monaco and the Principality of Andorra."
• 12 Countries Where You Can Buy Citizenship (and a second Passport) - "After the 2016 presidential election, so many people were dreaming about moving out of the US that Canada’s immigration website crashed. Now, the idea of becoming an expat is getting hot again. According to a recent YouGov survey, 31% of Americans say they are interested in bolting if their candidate isn’t elected in the upcoming November elections. Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson made headlines when they recently became honorary Greek citizens and received passports."
• 14 things you didn't know about Luxembourg, Europe's unhappiest country - The Telegraph.
• 16 things you didn't know about Panama, the world's happiest tax haven - The Telegraph.
• 50-gram CombiBar - "Is There Gold in Your Wallet?" Due to global banking and European currency crises, more and more investors have started to demand a higher number of small bars rather than few larger ones to increase their flexibility in the event of an economic crisis. CombiBars are similar in dimension to a credit card. Their convenient size means that a Combi Bar can be easily and discreetly carried in your wallet. Just like standard bullion, CombiBars and the individual bars from the CombiBars can be sold at any time to precious metal dealers at the current purchasing rates.
• 24 fascinating things you didn't know about your passport - The Telegraph.
• 2020 best countries - Rankings, News, Country Profiles - "Best Countries is a rankings, news and analysis project created to capture how countries are perceived on a global scale. The rankings evaluate 73 countries across 24 rankings drawn from a survey of more than 20,000 global citizens, measuring 75 dimensions that have the potential to drive trade, travel and investment and directly affect national economies."
• A simple guide to the Pandora Papers leak - "The Pandora Papers is a leak of almost 12 million documents that reveals hidden wealth, tax avoidance and, in some cases, money laundering by some of the world's rich and powerful."
• analysis of everyday expat life in more than 60 countries - InterNations.
• AngloINFO French Riviera - "The global expat network." Everything you need for life on the Côte d’Azur - local information you can trust. There are many reasons why people move away from their home country: career opportunities, temporary expat job assignments, study, retirement, an improved quality of life, family commitments, second-home ownership or permanent emigration. Whatever the reason for moving, life in a new place can be unusual, complicated or just difficult. Whether you have been living abroad for ten years or you are just thinking about moving, AngloINFO is here to give you dependable support - whenever and wherever you need it.
• Apple defends moving offshore profits to the tax haven of Jersey - engadget.
• Battle in the Channel: seigneur of Sark takes on Barclay dynasty - "Christopher Beaumont is attempting to buy up abandoned hotels and other buildings owned by Telegraph billionaires."
• Best & worst passports to hold in 2020 - "Henley Index: Japan tops 2020 list of world's most powerful passports."
• Best & Worst Places for Retirement - The New York Times.
• Best Passports To Have For Unrestricted Travel Around The World - The Henley & Partners Visa Restrictions Index.
• Best Places To Retire Abroad In 2020 - Forbes.
• big U.S. tax dodging is done in full public view - Quartz.
• British Virgin Islands - the world's leading offshore haven. The Guardian: Offshore Secrets.
• British Virgin Islands at a crossroads as outgoing governor decries corruption - "With a judicial inquiry looming and the EU looking to blacklist the territory, the BVI is debating where its future lies."
• British Virgin Islands: Premier Andrew Fahie arrested in US drug sting - "The leader of the British Virgin Islands (BVI) has been arrested for alleged drug smuggling and money laundering in the US."
• Can you pass the US citizenship test? - The Guardian.
• cellist who holds key to tracing Putin’s hidden fortune - The Guardian.
• CIA: THE WORLD FACTBOOK - provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 266 world entities.
• Citizenship by Investment Program - St. Kitts & Nevis.
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• Corporate Tax Haven Index - "Ranks the world’s most important tax havens for multinational corporations, according to how aggressively and how extensively each jurisdiction contributes to helping the world’s multinational enterprises escape paying tax, and erodes the tax revenues of other countries around the world."
• DEATH & TAXES - Benjamin Franklin.
• Death & Taxes (1 Page Book) [Poster] - Amazon.com.
• Double Irish arrangement - "'Dutch Sandwich' saves Google, Apple and many other U.S. companies billions in taxes."
• EB-5 visa | Green Card program - immigrant Investors is a United States visa created by the Immigration Act of 1990. Under the federal program, a foreigner who invests US$500,000 — and in some instances, US$1 million — in a project that will create at least 10 jobs can apply for a green card. It generally takes from 22 to 26 months to obtain legal residency through the program, as opposed to several years for other visa programs.
• Egmont Group - since 1995. Informal international network of financial intelligence units (FIUs). "The goal of the Egmont Group is to provide a forum for FIUs around the world to improve cooperation in the fight against money laundering and the financing of terrorism and to foster the implementation of domestic programs in this field."
• EU’s net starts to close on tax havens - The Guardian.
• EXPATIFY.COM - Inspiring Expatriatism. "We are the types of people who are always dreaming of living someplace else. It’s like dreaming about traveling, but more about dreaming becoming a part of a culture and experiencing what life is like in foreign (for now) places. With these dreams, we hope to inspire people to dream, investigate and experience what life is like in their choice of foreign country."
• European banks storing €20bn a year in tax havens - "Barclays and HSBC among banks booking money equivalent to 14% of annual profits in offshore entities."
• Financial Secrecy Index - "Ranks jurisdictions according to their secrecy and the scale of their offshore financial activities. A politically neutral ranking, it is a tool for understanding global financial secrecy, tax havens or secrecy jurisdictions, and illicit financial flows or capital flight."
• Find out who’s behind almost 320,000 offshore companies & trusts from the Panama Papers - Offshore Leaks Database.
• FIVE FLAGS THEORY - definition & explanation.
• G20 backs crackdown on multinationals’ use of tax havens - "Finance chiefs endorse landmark move to prevent profits being shifted to low-tax countries."
• George Bolton - (1900-1982). British banker who was noted for his expertise in the foreign exchange market and as a leading influence on the rebirth of London after the Second World War. He served as director of the Bank of England, chairman for the Bank of London and South America and executive director of the International Monetary Fund. "George Bolton had a smart idea in 1958 for expanding the scope and profitability of the financial services sector in London. He developmed the Euro-dollar and the City of London began a new phase of its development - as a global hub for 'offshore' financial dealings, tax havens and fiscal paradises."
• Global Passport Power Rank 2017 - ranked by total visa-free score.
• Global super-rich has at least US$21 trillion hidden in secret tax havens - The Guardian.
• Global tax reform: 130 countries commit to minimum corporate rate - "Landmark moment for world economy with OECD plan that also covers prevention of profit-shifting."
• Global Travel Freedom at a Glance - The Henley & Partners Restrictions Index 2016.
• Global Wealth Report 2013 - Credit Suisse.
• 'Golden passports' threaten European security, warns EU commissioner - "‘Citizenship for sale’ under increasing scrutiny from governments and security agencies."
• GOOGLE'S TAX LOOPHOLE - the "Double Irish" and the "Dutch Sandwich" strategy.
• Guano Islands Act - a United States federal law passed by the U.S. Congress that enables citizens of the United States to take possession of unclaimed islands containing guano deposits. The islands can be located anywhere, so long as they are not occupied and not within the jurisdiction of another government. It also empowers the President of the United States to use the military to protect such interests and establishes the criminal jurisdiction of the United States in these territories.
• Have a Cryptocurrency Company? Bermuda, Malta or Gibraltar Wants You - The New York Times.
• Henley Passport Index 2006-2019 - "The Henley Passport Index is the original ranking of all the world’s passports according to the number of destinations their holders can access without a prior visa. The ranking is based on exclusive data from the International Air Transport Association (IATA), which maintains the world’s largest and most accurate database of travel information, and enhanced by ongoing research by the Henley & Partners Research Department."
• How Apple - and the Rest of Silicon Valley - Avoids the Tax Man - Wired.
• How Billion-Dollar Companies Paid Nothing in Taxes - The New York Times.
• How Donald Trump Turned the Tax Code Into a Giant Tax Shelter - The New York Times.
• How offshore firm helped billionaire change the art world for ever - The Guardian.
• How the U.S. became one of the world’s biggest tax havens - The Washington Post.
• how the world’s rich & famous hide their money offshore - The Guardian.
• How to explain offshore banking to a 5 year old - The Guardian.
• How to Hide $400 Million - The New York Times.
• How to hide it: inside secret world of wealth managers - The Guardian.
• How Wealthy People Protect Their Money - The Atlantic.
• ICIJ offshore Leaks Database - The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists.
• ICIJ releases The Paradise Papers - ICIJ.
• In wake of Brexit, EU to put Cayman Islands on tax haven blacklist - "Decision on British overseas territory comes less than two weeks after UK left bloc."
• Inheritance tax, & how the Dukes of Westminster avoid it - The Telegraph.
• Inside the Secretive World of Tax-Avoidance Experts - The Atlantic.
• International Visa Restrictions - Henley & Partners.
• InterNations - "Connecting Global Minds." Community for expatriates & global minds. Enjoy the international experience with fellow global minds. Making life easier for expats. Helps expats to feel at home abroad, meet people and find information about their new environment.
• INTRODUCTION TO GOING OFFSHORE - Tax Haven Manual.
• Investor Citizenship ("golden passport") Schemes - "Questions and Answers on the Report on Investor Citizenship and Residence Schemes in the European Union."
• IRELAND: TAX REGIME - IDA Ireland Investment Promotion Agency.
• Leaked Documents Expose Global Companies’ Secret Tax Deals in Luxembourg - ICIJ.
• Liberland - sovereign state located between Croatia and Serbia on the west bank of the Danube river.
• List of people with non-domiciled status in the UK - Wikipedia.
• Luxembourg tax files: how tiny state rubber-stamped tax avoidance on an industrial scale - The Guardian.
• LuxLeaks - the name of a journalistic investigation conducted by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, based on confidential information about tax rulings from 2002 to 2010 enabling global transfer pricing arrangements.
• MAILDROPS & SERVICED OFFICES - definition & explanation.
• Malta wants to become 'Blockchain Island' - CNN tech.
• Maltese passports: why the uber-rich are desperate to have one - "A passport from this country is 'the latest status symbol'. And the world’s wealthiest people are lining up for one."
• Mapped: Where in the world is safe from terror? - The Telegraph.
• MOBILE WEALTHY RESIDENCY INDEX - definition & explanation.
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• Monaco builds into the Med to house new throng of super-rich - The Guardian.
• MONACO GAINS PRAISE FOR ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING PROGRESS - "The Council of Europe has praised Monaco’s significant progress in combating money laundering and terrorist financing in a new report by Moneyval, the council’s anti-money laundering body. Published on December 10, the report commends the Principality for implementing extensive reforms, describing the results as a 'remarkable achievement.'"
• Monaco officially added to ‘money laundering’ grey list - "The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the global anti-money laundering watchdog, announced on Friday, June 28 that Monaco has been added to its ‘grey list’ of countries subject to increased monitoring. The Principality is the highest profile European jurisdiction to be added to the FATF grey list in years."
• MONACO PUSHES FORWARD TO EXIT FATF “GREY LIST” WITH FULL MOBILISATION AGAINST MONEY LAUNDERING & CORRUPTION - "The grey list status, which indicates heightened monitoring, underscores the FATF’s call for Monaco to intensify its actions in preventing financial crimes."
• Monaco reminds companies to clarify ownership - "In a statement on Thursday, May 25, 2023, the Government said that Moneyval - the Council of Europe body concerned with money-laundering and the financing of terrorism - has invited the Principality to complete its register of beneficial owners. To achieve this objective, the Prince’s Government has undertaken a national action plan including a general information campaign which will be followed by targeted reminders to companies concerned, the statement said."
• Monaco's inhabitants' average life expectancy is 89.52 years - the longest in the world - The World Factbook.
• Moneyval - term by which, both commonly and officially, is known the Committee of Experts on the Evaluation of Anti-Money Laundering Measures and the Financing of Terrorism, a monitoring body of the Council of Europe.
• Mossack Fonseca: inside the firm that helps the super-rich hide their money - The Guardian.
• Nevis: how the world’s most secretive offshore haven refuses to clean up - The Guardian.
• Non-Dom tax rule - definition & explanation.
• non-domiciled status - sometimes called a 'non-dom', is a person living in the United Kingdom who has either acquired a foreign domicile from their father, which is known as a 'domicile of origin', or who has abandoned their domicile of origin and can demonstrate the intention to reside outside of the UK indefinitely and actually enacts the intention.
• OFFSHORE COMPANY - Wikipedia.
• OFFSHORE Leaks - the name of a financial scandal that unmasked details of 130,000 offshore accounts in April 2013.
• Panama faces pressure to come into the fold - "Panama is one of just four jurisdictions — along with Bahrain, Nauru and Vanuatu — that have refused to sign up."
• Panama joins international efforts against tax evasion & avoidance - OECD.
• Panama papers: the names - "Search our database of 37,000 names linked to Mossack Fonseca companies in the tax haven of Panama." The Sunday Times.
• Paradise Papers - Wikipedia.
• Panama, the world's happiest tax haven - The Telegraph.
• Pandora Papers - "The largest investigation in journalism history exposes a shadow financial system that benefits the world’s most rich and powerful. Read more." International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ).
• Pandora papers: biggest ever leak of offshore data exposes financial secrets of rich & powerful - "Millions of documents reveal offshore deals and assets of more than 100 billionaires, 30 world leaders and 300 public officials."
• Passport Index 2017 - "Passports of the world ranked by their total visa-free score."
• Passports for purchase: Open citizenship doors around the world - "Need a new passport? These countries will sell you one -- if you can afford it."
• Private Bank Fuels Fortunes of Putin’s Inner Circle - The New York Times.
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• PROJECT UTOPIA - BMT Nigel Gee Ltd.
• rarest passport in the world has only three holders - News.com.au.
• St. Kitts & Nevis Citizenship by Investment Program - "The Citizenship-by-Investment Program was established in 1984, making it the longest established program of this kind in the world."
• PT - THE PERPETUAL TRAVELER - definition & explanation.
• Revealed: the $2bn offshore trail that leads to Vladimir Putin - The Guardian.
• Rise in number of world's rich buying UK 'golden visas' - "The number of wealthy foreigners investing at least £2m in the UK in exchange for a 'golden visa' has risen to a five-year high, despite a clampdown on the scheme in the aftermath of the Skripal novichok poisoning attack."
• Sark - The British island stuck in time - "On the far-flung Channel Island of Sark, life is ingrained with feudal tradition - and driven by horse-drawn carts and wagonettes."
• Seasteading - a vanity project for the rich or the future of humanity? - "Beloved by Silicon Valley tycoons and tyranny-fearing libertarians, are cities atop the waves Earth’s next frontier?"
• Secret Files Expose Offshore’s Global Impact - ICIJ.
• Secrets of Surveillance Capitalism - Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
• Surge in passport sales delivers Vanuatu a record budget surplus - "Economy devastated by Covid shutdowns and a destructive cyclone, but citizenships-for-sale are keeping the country afloat. Vanuatu citizenship costs US$130,000."
• Switzerland: Best Country in the World - The New York Times.
• TAX AVOIDANCE AND TAX EVASION - Wikipedia.
• Tax evasion: blacklist of 21 countries with 'golden passport' schemes published - "OECD says schemes selling either residency or citizenship threaten efforts to combat tax evasion."
• Tax exile - person who leaves a country to avoid the payment of income tax or other taxes. It is a person who already owes money to the tax authorities or wishes to avoid being liable in the future to taxation at what they consider high tax rates, instead choosing to reside in a foreign country or jurisdiction which has no taxes or lower tax rates. In general, there is no extradition agreement between countries which covers extradition for outstanding tax liabilities.
• Tax havens explained: How the rich hide money - interactive.
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• TAX JUSTICE NETWORK | TJN - independent organisation dedicated to high-level research, analysis and advocacy in the field of tax and regulation. We work to map, analyse and explain the role of taxation and the harmful impacts of tax evasion, tax avoidance, tax competition and tax havens.
• teddy bear test & other challenges facing the rich who try to flee high-tax states - Los Angeles Times.
• The 1 Percent: Secrets of global elite revealed - ICIJ.
• THE AL CAPONE METHOD - definition & explanation.
• THE AMBASSADOR - Danish documentary about how to obtain a legal diplomatic passport in Liberia.
• The Complicated Truth About What U.S. Citizenship Means Today - TIME Magazine.
• The great American tax haven: why the super-rich love South Dakota - "It’s known for being the home of Mount Rushmore - and not much else. But thanks to its relish for deregulation, the state is fast becoming the most profitable place for the mega-wealthy to park their billions."
• The Panama Papers - "Politicians, Criminals and the Rogue Industry That Hides Their Cash." ICIJ.
• The passport king who markets citizenship for cash - "Guardian investigation reveals how a small firm of wealth advisers built up a $3bn ‘golden passports’ industry and gained influence in the Caribbean."
• THE PRICE OF OFFSHORE REVISITED - "Global super-rich has at least US$21 trillion hidden in secret tax havens." - The research was undertaken for the Tax Justice Network by former McKinsey & Company chief economist James Henry.
• The Privacy Surgeon - "Dissecting the issues that matter to you."
• Top 10 Most Expensive Places To Live In The World - TheRichest.org
• Trouble in paradise: Family, feuds & fraud in Jersey - "The wealthy Dick family are set for a court battle that could shine an unwelcome light on the world of offshore trusts."
• UK & territories are 'greatest enabler' of tax avoidance, study says - "The UK and its 'corporate tax haven network' is by far the world’s greatest enabler of corporate tax avoidance, research has claimed."
• UK climbs ranking of tax havens - "Tax Justice Network says UK is nearing top 10 most secretive financial systems."
• UK super-rich would be ‘bored to death’ in tax havens - survey - "Interviews with top earners reveal many are too attached to UK’s cultural institutions and fear stigma surrounding economic migration."
• Ultimate Passport Ranking - GoEuro.
• Ultra high net worth individuals look to Monaco for post ‘non-dom’ era living - "Earlier in April this year, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced that the United Kingdom’s government will scrap the ‘non-dom’ tax status, prompting many ultra high net worth individuals to leave London in favour of more financially preferable destinations, such as Dubai and Monaco."
• U.S. Companies Hold Trillions of dollars of Profits Offshore - The New York Times.
• US corporations have $1.4tn hidden in tax havens, claims Oxfam report - The Guardian.
• Vanuatu presidential palace funded by China stirs debt fears - "Beijing says ‘no strings attached’ to the complex unveiled last month amid wider concerns over loans the Pacific country owes to China."
• Visa Restrictions Index & best passports 2016 - Henley & Partners.
• Visa Restriction Index 2007 to 2017 - Henley & Partners.
• Wealth Inequality Rising Fast, Oxfam Says, Faulting Tax Havens - The New York Times.
• Wealthy Norwegians Are Moving To This Remote Tax Haven - Forbes.
• What are The Panama Papers? - Biggest Leak in History.
• When can you legally travel without a passport? - BBC News.
• Why John Cleese is leaving the UK for Nevis - BBC News.
• Why the super-rich buy Maltese passports - "Malta's 'golden passports': Why do the super-rich want them?"
• world's cheapest places to emigrate to - The Telegraph.
• world's most corrupt countries - The Telegraph.
• world's most powerful passports for 2017 - The Telegraph.
• world's rarest passport has only 3 holders - The Sovereign Military Order of Malta.
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• Your very own, portable, Tropical Island Paradise - Gizmag.