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The World Of Offshore
And Its Future


Descriptive Notes And Contents List

The years 2000 to 2004 saw a series of attacks on the 'lowtax' world of offshore jurisdictions by high-tax countries and their associations, such as the OECD and the FATF, loosely termed the 'multilaterals'. By 2006, it seemed that, broadly speaking, 'offshore' has survived these attacks surprisingly well, although the standard of offshore legislation has risen while the level of offshore confidentiality has dropped.

This report traces in detail the course of the last six years both globally and at jurisdiction level, explaining precisely what you get - and don't get - for your money in all of the main offshore jurisdictions.

 
CONTENTS

 

PART I: The Rich Countries' Attack on Offshore Jurisdictions: How and Why it Happened

the 66 'harmful tax practices' of the EU Code of Conduct Committee;
the Financial Stability Forum's 16 jurisdictions which could threaten global financial stability;
the FATF's 15 unco-operative jurisdictions;
the OECD's 31 countries with 'unfair tax competition'
 the EU withholding tax row and the campaign against banking secrecy - France takes on the EU presidency - the OECD's Paris meeting;
the US divided - the administration's anti-offshore agenda badly dented by a Republican Congress

PART II: The Story after September 11th

The US Anti-Money Laundering Law

Consequences of the US law for the funds industry

Reactions of the Offshore Jurisdictions

The Bahamas Asserts Its Independence

Culmination of the OECD and FATF initiatives

The EU Takes to the Ring

PART III: The Response of the Jurisdictions

Summaries of legislative and other responses from all the jurisdictions listed below:

Anguilla
Antigua
Bahamas
Barbados
Bermuda
British Virgin Islands
Cook Islands
Cyprus
 Gibraltar
Guernsey
Isle of Man
Jersey
Liechtenstein
Malta
Mauritius
Panama

PART IV: The Future for Offshore

The future for offshore and what effects the new legislation will have.

Jersey's Guide To The EU Savings Tax Directive


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