Despite threats from the European Council in the wake of Brexit, the Virgin Islands has once again escaped the latest EU blacklist of non cooperative tax jurisdictions. Instead, the EU …
EU anti-money laundering blacklist to be revisited
Next month, the European Union will revamp its methodology for compiling its anti-money laundering blacklist, after a previous list was blocked by EU governments that objected to the listing of …
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VI avoids EU blacklist, but remains on ‘grey list’
On Tuesday, the European Union added 10 more jurisdictions to its expanding blacklist, tripling the number of jurisdictions already listed. The Virgin Islands was not one of them. In an …
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Dutch blacklist was a surprise, Premier says
As the Virgin Islands awaits a decision from European Union officials regarding the territory’s potential inclusion on an international anti-tax-avoidance blacklist, one country on that continent has already decided to …
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Government, European Union in talks over looming blacklist
Government officials have devised what they believe is a solution to the looming European Union blacklist threat, according to Neil Smith, the executive director of government’s Office of International Business …
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Virgin Islands economy takes new shapes after Irma
This article originally appeared in the Beacon’s Sept. 6 “Irma Anniversary” edition. Like many people throughout the Virgin Islands, Courdney Williams has a very different daily routine than he did 12 months …
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