The narrow minded view on tax
Tuesday, December 8th, 2015This comment was made by US Senator Orrin Hatch – the chair of the Senate finance committee – on 1 December when talking about the
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The Oxford Centre for the Non-Taxation of Business is at it again on corppration tax
Tuesday, December 8th, 2015At about the time I first began writing about Jersey the Oxford Centre for Business Taxation was created. Long known in tax justice circles as the Oxford
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Jersey provides a warning to the UK: tax cuts and finance are the way to go bust
Tuesday, December 8th, 2015The Guardian’s ‘long read’ this morning is headed as follows: Long term readers of this blog will have noticed I have been talking about the
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Once a tax haven, always a tax haven: Jersey's view of itself
Thursday, December 3rd, 2015This poll result comes from the Jersey Evening Post: The people of Jersey seem to think once a tax haven, always a tax haven. It’s
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Where is the political moderation needed to be credible in the eyes of populace?
Tuesday, December 1st, 2015I have already noted the rotten culture at the heart of Jersey’s economy and society this morning, but before anyone get’s too smug it’s important
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The people of Jersey aren't happy at being a tax haven - and rightly so
Tuesday, December 1st, 2015A number of stories have come out of Jersey in the last day or so that reveal just what it thinks about itself, with some clues
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The UK's tax havens are still far too secret for the good of the world
Monday, November 30th, 2015This press release comes from a combination of NGOs, all of whom I have worked or co-operated with o9ver time, so I am happy to
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Jersey is the breeding ground for inequality
Friday, November 13th, 2015I have long argued that tax havens are bad for the world: they are used as the deliberate launchpad for attacks on the right of
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The case for corporation tax: yesterday's debate in Montreal
Wednesday, November 4th, 2015I debated with Dan Mitchell of the libertarian Cato Institute and Center for Freedom and Prosperity in Montreal last evening, before literally dashing for the
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