Jersey: capitalism's dubious friend
Tuesday, May 1st, 2018Jersey issued this comment on its government website yesterday: Chief Minister meets UK Ministers to address constitutional concerns with amendments to Sanctions and AML Bill The
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Jersey has no chance of opposing a UK imposed register of beneficial ownership
Saturday, April 28th, 2018The Jersey Evening Post, ever the faithful mouthpiece for the Jersey establishment, yesterday noted both the planned amendment to U.K. legislation that will impose new
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15,000 blog posts
Friday, April 20th, 2018I have just noticed that I posted my 15,000th blog post yesterday. Given that this blog began in June 2006 that means I have posted,
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VAT and Brexit: the imperative of staying in the customs union
Thursday, April 19th, 2018As the Guardian has reported this morning, the House of Lords has voted by a large majority to indicate that it would wish the UK to
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The Jersey option - is it the only way we can do Brexit and keep the UK intact?
Friday, March 30th, 2018Few who are not deeply partisan would dispute three propositions. The first is that Brexit is not turning out as promised. The second is that
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Deliberately created secrecy is still facilitating financial abuse
Wednesday, January 31st, 2018The Tax Justice Network Financial Secrecy Index was published this evening. As is said on the FSI site: The Financial Secrecy Index ranks jurisdictions according
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PWC is closing offices, but not in tax havens
Friday, January 5th, 2018Accountancy Age features what might best be called a ‘puff piece’ for PWC this morning under the headline: PwC’s 6 areas of focus for private
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Beating McMafia
Thursday, January 4th, 2018The new BBC series McMafia makes clear three things. First, that organised crime can still money launder, with the active connivance of the financial services
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Jersey takes note
Tuesday, January 2nd, 2018This was published in the Jersey Evening Post on 30 December (I only reproduce part, and only do that because I cannot find the article
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