Guidance

Territory categorisation for offshore penalties: upto 23 July 2013

Published 26 July 2013

The table below shows which territories are classified in 鈥榗ategory 1鈥� and 鈥榗ategory 3鈥� for the purposes of penalties for offshore non-compliance. Territories not listed here (other than the UK) are in 鈥榗ategory 2鈥�. Penalties for domestic (UK) matters fall into category 1.

This list applies to:

  • inaccurate documents sent
  • failures to notify that occur
  • late returns that should have been filed
Category 1 Category 3
Anguilla Albania
Aruba Algeria
Australia Andorra
Belgium Antigua and Barbuda
Bulgaria Armenia
Canada Bahrain
Cayman Islands Barbados
Cyprus Belize
Czech Republic Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba
Denmark (not including Faroe Islands and Greenland) Brazil
Estonia Cameroon
Finland Cape Verde
France Colombia
Germany Congo, Republic of the
Greece Cook Islands
Guernsey Costa Rica
Hungary 颁耻谤补莽补辞
Ireland Cuba
Isle of Man Democratic People鈥檚 Republic of Korea
Italy Dominica
Japan Dominican Republic
Korea, South Ecuador
Latvia El Salvador
Lithuania Gabon
Malta Grenada
Montserrat Guatemala
Netherlands (not including Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba) Honduras
New Zealand (not including Tokelau) Iran
Norway Iraq
Poland Jamaica
Portugal Kyrgyzstan
Romania Lebanon
Slovakia Macau
Slovenia Marshall Islands
Spain Mauritius
Sweden Micronesia, Federated States of
United States of America (not including overseas territories and possessions) Monaco
Nauru
Nicaragua
Niue
Palau
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
San Marino
Seychelles
Sint Maarten
Suriname
Syria
Tokelau
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
United Arab Emirates
Uruguay