Tag: Barbados

  • Barbados: An Offshore Tax Haven Like No Other

    Barbados: An Offshore Tax Haven Like No Other

    When it comes to offshore tax havens, the Caribbean island nation of Barbados has long been a popular choice for businesses and individuals seeking financial privacy, lower taxes, and a well-regulated financial services industry. With its stable political environment, strong legal framework, and adherence to international best practices, Barbados stands out as a unique offshore…

  • Macau to leave tax haven ‘blacklist’ after complying with EU rules

    Macau is soon to leave the European Union’s (EU) tax haven ‘blacklist’. This change is part of a proposal on the part of EU officials which aims to remove eight out of 17 jurisdictions from the list, which was most recently updated last month. Under the proposal, several news agencies reported that problematic jurisdictions –…

  • Barbados remains Canada’s top tax haven

    “It’s time for the Canadian government to review and renegotiate tax treaties with havens that enable this behaviour.” — Dennis Howlett, executive director of Canadians for Tax Fairness Ottawa (18 May 2017) — Canadians for Tax Fairness is reporting that Canadian businesses that shift money offshore love Barbados. Canadians for Tax Fairness calculated that  $6 billion was shifted to the…

  • A Future for Offshore Financial Services?

    Globalization has been a one-way street of impositions by powerful countries; fiscal sovereignty has been violated by the strong; and tax competition remains under threat from the mighty. Indeed, if the current pattern of incursions, restrictions and false labelling of Caribbean jurisdictions as ‘tax havens’, and the Caribbean as a region of ‘high risk’, is…

  • Barbados, An “Ethical” Tax Haven?

    The Caribbean island says its financial system is all aboveboard, yet it remains a gateway to less scrupulous offshore havens like the Cayman Islands. BRIDGETOWN — Is there “dirty” money strewn across the pristine sands of Barbados? Does something sinister hide beneath the glistening coral reefs of this former pirate haunt, the small Caribbean outpost…