The Jersey response to their civil servant's emails
Monday, October 2nd, 2006The Jersey Evening Post has published two articles resulting from publication of the emails sent in error by a Jersey civil servant to the Observer
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Do sham trusts impose a cost on society?
Wednesday, September 27th, 2006I’ve written a bit about sham trusts on here of late. It’s good to have the evidence therefore that they really do impose a cost
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For those who are serious about money laundering......
Tuesday, September 26th, 2006The Tax Justice Network in Jersey visited France at the weekend. One of the people they met was a bank manager with a large French
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The UK government just doesn't get it
Sunday, September 24th, 2006The Independent on Sunday covered the Carl Levin US Senate report today. The comment given to them by the UK Treasury is the most telling
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Jersey - putting tax before regulation
Thursday, September 21st, 2006The correspondence between Jersey’s tax officials, civil servants and politicians draw attention to some pretty unsavoury consequences of that island’s new trust laws. It would
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Thailand - the undeniable evidence that tax havens undermine democracy
Thursday, September 21st, 2006The coup in Thailand provides unfortunate but undeniable evidence that tax havens undermine democracy. The coup has been motivated by the hatred of the corruption
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The Lib Dems and a 50% tax rate
Wednesday, September 20th, 2006The Lib Dems in the UK have voted to drop their plan to increase the top rate of tax to 50% for those earning over
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Like being savaged by a dead sheep
Monday, September 18th, 2006Frank Walker, the Chief Minister of Jersey has responded to yesterday’s Observer article by placing comment in the Jersey Evening Post, the only newspaper in
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Jersey - callously indifferent to tax evasion
Monday, September 18th, 2006The difficulty of dealing with the mails that have come out of Jersey in the last few days is knowing where to start. There is
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