These are the beautiful and obscure locations that millionaires use to keep their money offshore
The Cayman Islands
Jersey
A Crown dependency of the UK located in the English Channel, there is no inheritance tax, capital gains tax, or standard corporate tax in Jersey. The Panama Papers revealed one Jersey bank appeared to have set up over 900 offshore companies for its clients.
Panama
The central American country is the home of Mossack Fonseca, the law firm which set up 214,000 offshore companies.
Labuan
Labuan is an island that is a federal territory of Malaysia. Labuan companies pay a tax of just 3%, which is capped at 20,000 Malaysian ringgit – just £3,631.
Bermuda
Another British Overseas Territory, this time located in the North Atlantic, Bermuda is famous for its sandy beaches and its reputation as a tax haven. It has no income tax, capital gains tax, VAT, or sales tax and specialises in handling business services for non-resident companies.
Guernsey
Another British Crown dependency located in the English Channel, Guernsey is smaller than neighbouring Jersey. Like Jersey though, companies pay a 0% standard rate of tax on the island.
Mauritius
This exotic island nation in the Indian Ocean is hugely popular with tourists. Once tax credits are taken into account, the tax rate for global businesses is just 3%.
The British Virgin Islands
A British overseas territory in the Caribbean is well known for its popularity for those looking to reduce their tax burden. More than half of the companies revealed in the Panama Papers were incorporated in the British Virgin Islands.
The Marshall islands
Located in the Pacific, non-resident companies in the Marshall Islands, which were named after a British explorer who visited the islands in the 18th century, are exempt from all taxes. The Marshall Islands are on an EU tax havens blacklist.
Barbados
Like many tax havens, Barbados is located in the Caribbean and is famous for its luxury resorts, incredible scuba diving, and its residents' love of cricket. Its corporate income tax rate is less than 1%.
The Seychelles
A 115-island country located in the Indian Ocean. The Panama Papers show that companies close to the Syrian government set up shell companies in the Seychelles which helped them avoid international sanctions.
Vanuatu
The South Pacific island nation has a corporate tax rate of 0%. It is one of just five jurisdictions that have refused to sign up to global tax transparency rules.
The Isle of Man
Another British Crown dependency, this time located in the sea between England and Ireland, it has a 0% corporate tax rate. Canada's revenue agency has described a scheme used by Canadian citizens to keep money in Isle of Man accounts as a "scam," in a CBC report.
The Bahamas
The Bahamas in the Caribbean demand no income or corporate tax and Blairmore Holdings, the offshore fund set up by David Cameron's father Ian Cameron, was based there.
The Cook Islands
The Panama Papers showed that members of the Chinese Communist Party's Politburo Standing Committee had companies registered in the small South Pacific nation.
Niue
Niue is a tiny island nation in the South Pacific. It doesn't host too many offshore companies anymore, but between 1996 and 2004, Mossack Fonseca set up 6,000 companies in the country — which has a population of just 1,600.
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