A country with either no or very low tax rates that uses its tax structure to attract foreign investment or international financial dealings
A nation with a moderate level of taxation and/or liberal tax incentives for undertaking specific activities such as exporting or investing
An international banking financial centre providing privacy and tax benefits A country with laws that create an extremely favorable tax avoidance environment
a financial center offering low taxes to non-residents, in which multinational companies are encouraged to set up offices
A jurisdiction that offers tax advantages or privileges, usually to persons who are not domiciled within that jurisdiction and the corporations and trusts that they form There are both low taxation jurisdictions, and zero taxation jurisdictions Nevisian tax for IBC's, LLCs and Trusts is zero There is no Nevisian income tax, no capital gains tax, estate or inheritance tax, no corporate tax and no withholding tax Many people are surprised to learn that the U S is a tax haven for what the U S immigration services calls non-resident aliens - because non resident aliens are entitled to tax free income on certain investments, providing they file the proper reports Of course, the U S is not a tax haven in the traditional sense of the phrase - but this tax free status can be put to good use by offshore entities that want to invest in the U S
A tax haven is a country or place which has a low rate of tax so that people choose to live there or register companies there in order to avoid paying higher tax in their own countries. a place where people go to live to avoid paying high taxes in their own country