British Virgin Islands leads offshore havens on number of companies created there

15

10

05

00

95

90

80

85

12,000

9,000

6,000

3,000

0

Mossack Fonseca incorporations by year

Anguilla

Bahamas

Samoa

Seychelles

Panama

Incorporations spiked after 2003 as shell companies were set up to legally avoid a new tax on Swiss bank accounts

 

British Virgin Islands

Niue

15

10

05

00

95

90

80

85

12,000

9,000

6,000

3,000

0

Anguilla

Niue

Seychelles

Mossack Fonseca incorporations by year

Bahamas

Samoa

Panama

British Virgin Islands

Incorporations spiked after 2003 as shell companies were set up to legally avoid a new tax on Swiss bank accounts

 

2015

2010

2005

2000

1995

1990

1980

1985

12,000

9,000

6,000

3,000

0

Bahamas

Samoa

Seychelles

Mossack Fonseca incorporations by year

Anguilla

Panama

British Virgin Islands

Niue

Incorporations spiked after 2003 as shell companies were set up to legally avoid a new tax on Swiss bank accounts

 

2015

2010

2005

2000

1995

1990

1980

1985

12,000

9,000

6,000

3,000

0

Bahamas

Samoa

Seychelles

Mossack Fonseca incorporations by year

Anguilla

Panama

British Virgin Islands

Niue

Incorporations spiked after 2003 as shell companies were set up to legally avoid a new tax on Swiss bank accounts