Avoiding Transparency through Offshore Real Estate: Evidence from the United Kingdom

Jeanne Bomare and Ségal Le Guern Herry
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Jeanne Bomare: London School of Economics
Ségal Le Guern Herry: AMSE - Aix-Marseille Sciences Economiques - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - AMU - Aix Marseille Université - ECM - École Centrale de Marseille - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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Abstract: The 2014 Automatic Exchange of Information (AEoI) represents the most comprehensive global effort to combat tax evasion by enabling cross-border information exchange on financial assets. We examine how this policy shifted offshore investment behavior. While the AEoI mandates reporting of financial assets, it excludes real estate holdings. Using administrative data on UK real estate purchases by foreign companies, we show that offshore users substituted financial assets for real estate in response to the new transparency regime. Our findings suggest that real estate assets now account for a growing share of offshore portfolios, partly due to their exclusion from the AEoI.

Keywords: Hidden Wealth; Real Estate; Tax Enforcement (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025-06-18
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