Tax havens

List of countries, territories and regions that provide a more favorable tax regime according to Ministral Order nr. 150/2004, of 13 February, amended by Ministerial Order nr. 345-A/2016, of 30 December(1).

Countries, territories and regions
American Samoa Liechtenstein
Andorra Maldive Islands
Anguilha Marshall Islands
Antigua and Barbuda Mauritius
Aruba Monaco
Ascension Island Monserrat
Bahamas Nauru
Bahrain Netherlands Antilles
Barbados (6) Northern Mariana Islands
Belize Niue Island
Bermuda (5) Norfolk Island
Bolivia Pacific Islands (3)
British Virgin Islands (5) Palau Islands
Brunei Panama (6)
Cayman Islands (5) Pitcairn Island
Channel Islands (2) (5) Porto Rico
Christmas Island Qatar (6)
Cocos (Keeling) Queshm Island
Cook Islands Saint Helena 
Costa Rica Saint Kitts and Nevis
Djibouti Saint Lucia
Dominica Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Falkland Islands or Malvinas Samoa
Fiji Islands San Marino (6)
French Polynesia Seychelles
Gambia Solomon Islands
Gibraltar (5) St Vicente and the Grenadines
Grenada Sultanate of Oman (6)
Guam Svalbard (4)
Guyana Swaziland
Honduras Tokelau
Hong Kong (6) Trinidad and Tobago
Jamaica Tristan da Cunha
Jordan Turks and Caicos Islands
Kingdom of Tonga Tuvalu
Kiribati United Arab Emirates
Kuwait (6) United States Virgin Islands
Labuan Vanuatu
Lebanon Yemen Arab Republic
Liberia  

(1) Ministerial Order nr. 345-A/2016, of 30 December, removed the Isle of Man, Jersey and Uruguay from the Portuguese list of tax havens, with effect from 1 January 2017 onwards.
(2) Includes Alderney, Guernsey (5), Jersey (5), Great Stark, Herm, Little Sark, Brechou, Jethou e Lihou.
(3) Remaining Pacific Islands not included in this list.
(4) Spitsbergen Archipelago and Bjornoya Island.
(5) The Portuguese Authorities have signed several Agreements on Exchange of Information for tax purposes that may allow the removal from the Portuguese list of tax havens of the following jurisdictions: Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Gibraltar, Guernsey, Jersey, Liberia, Isle of Man, Saint Lucia, St. Kitts and Nevis and Turks and Caicos.
(6) Jurisdictions with which the Portuguese Authorities have signed a Double Taxation Treaty (DTT), DTTs with the United Arab Emirates, Hong Kong, Panama, Kuwait, and Qatar are already in force.

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