Portugal: Amended list of tax haven countries and territories
Clearstream Banking1 informs clients that the Portuguese government published Ordinance nº 292/2025/1 on 5 September 2025, removing Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the Principality of Liechtenstein and the Eastern Republic of Uruguay from the list provided for in Ordinance nº 150/2004 of countries, territories and regions with privileged and more favourable taxation regimes (the “list of tax haven countries”).
Effective
1 January 2026
the list of tax haven countries as established by Ordinance Nº 150/2004 and amended by Ordinance nº 292/2025/1, dated 5 September 2025, will enter into force.
Impact on clients
Clearstream Banking clients must consider the below new list of tax haven countries to determine the eligibility of the beneficial owners.
American Samoa | Falkland Islands or Malvinas | Monaco | Sultanate of Oman |
Anguilla | Fiji Islands | Montserrat | Svalbard |
Antigua and Barbuda | French Polynesia | Nauru | Swaziland |
Aruba | Gambia | Netherlands Antilles | The Maldives |
Ascension Island | Gibraltar | Niue Island | Tokelau |
Bahamas | Grenada | Norfolk Island | Trinidad and Tobago |
Bahrain | Guam | Pacific Islands (2) | Tristan da Cunha |
Barbados | Guyana | Palau Islands | Turks and Caicos Islands |
Belize | Honduras | Panama | Tuvalu |
Bermuda | Isle of Man | Pitcairn Island | United Arab Emirates |
Bolivia | Jamaica | Porto Rico | United States Virgin Islands |
British Virgin Islands | Jordan | Qatar | Vanuatu |
Brunei | Kingdom of Tonga | Queshm Island | Western Samoa |
Cayman Islands | Kiribati | Saint Helena | Yemen Arab Republic |
Channel Islands | Kuwait | Saint Kitts and Nevis | - |
Christmas Island | Labuan | Saint Lucia | - |
Cocos (Keeling) | Lebanon | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | - |
Cook Islands | Liberia | San Marino | - |
Costa Rica | Marianas | Seychelles | - |
Further information
For further information, please contact the Clearstream Banking Tax Help Desk, Clearstream Banking Client Services or your Relationship Officer.
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1. Clearstream Banking refers collectively to Clearstream Banking S.A., registered office at 42, avenue John F. Kennedy, L-1855 Luxembourg, and registered with the Luxembourg Trade and Companies Register under number B-9248, and Clearstream Banking AG, registered office at Mergenthalerallee 61, 65760 Eschborn, Germany and registered in Register B of the Amtsgericht Frankfurt am Main, Germany under number HRB 7500. Clearstream Banking S.A. is registered as an Australian CS (Overseas) Facility, under subsection 824B(2) of the Corporations Act 2001, with registration number ARBN 675 244 783.