On 5 October 2021, the Council of the EU removed Anguilla, Dominica and Seychelles from its blacklist of ‘non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes’, after the three countries agreed to a review of their tax systems.

The EU blacklist was set up in 2017 to tackle rampant tax evasion and is regularly updated. Nine jurisdictions remain listed as ‘non-cooperative’: American Samoa, Fiji, Guam, Palau, Panama, Samoa, Trinidad and Tobago, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Vanuatu.

Anguilla, Dominica and Seychelles are now listed as jurisdictions that do not yet comply with all international tax standards but have committed to the principles of good tax governance. Costa Rica, Hong Kong, Malaysia, North Macedonia, Qatar and Uruguay were also added to this ‘grey list’. Australia, Eswatini and Maldives were removed from it after reforming their tax systems.

For more information, please check the official site of the Council of the EU and the European Council.

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