Tag: Dutch black-list
Cayman escapes Europe’s dirty money list
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Government was able to breathe a sigh of relief this week when the European Commission revealed its revised blacklist of countries with what it considers weak anti-money laundering and terrorist financing regimes. This jurisdiction avoided the list of 23 countries, along with all of the British Overseas Territories with financial centres. But […]
Industry rejects Dutch blacklist over low tax rate
(CNS): The decision by the Dutch government to publish its own subjective “blacklist”, which included the Cayman Islands because tax rates are lower than in the Netherlands, is unusual and ignores the facts, especially as Cayman has had a tax information exchange agreement (TIEA) in place with the Netherlands since 2009, according to the financial services industry […]
CIG: Dutch blacklisting unjustified diversion tactic
(CNS): Government has accused The Netherlands of including the Cayman Islands on its separate blacklist as a way of diverting criticisms of its own tax practices by attacking legitimate tax regimes. Officials here said it was “unjustified” and “wholly lacking in fairness and credibility” to place Cayman on the list of 21 jurisdictions. Cayman found itself […]
Cayman lands on Dutch tax haven blacklist
(CNS): As the Cayman Islands waits on confirmation that it has escaped blacklisting by the wider European Union, following the passage of new legislation just before Christmas, it has found itself on a new blacklist. Cayman is one of 21 jurisdictions on a list of low-tax jurisdictions released over the weekend by the Government of the […]
