Is Jersey listening?
Thursday, April 23rd, 2015From this blog this morning to the front page of the Jersey Evening Post this afternoon: Read the whole report, here.
Way back in 2005 I told the States of Jersey they'd got their taxes wrong
Thursday, April 23rd, 2015In 2005 I was engaged by the States of Jersey to advise a Shadow Scrutiny Panel on the problems inherent in its propsoed tax laws
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I hate to say it to Jersey, but I was right all along: you're going bust
Thursday, April 23rd, 2015The Jersey Evening Post has headlines this week that include: Where did it all go wrong? – Ministers announce predicted shortfall of £125 million by
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Why is the UK still the hub of the tax haven world?
Sunday, April 5th, 2015What do these places have in common?: Anguilla Bermuda British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Gibraltar Guernsey Isle of Man Jersey Montserrat Turks & Caicos Islands
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The March Taxcast from the Tax Justice Network
Monday, March 23rd, 2015In the March 2015 Taxcast: Democracy for sale: how our politics are heavily reliant on tax haven-friendly donors. Also, we ask: why is HSBC shutting
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Oborne on democracy
Tuesday, February 17th, 2015Peter Oborne, like Simon Jenkins, can be a deeply annoying right wing commentator. And also an exceptionally good writer who sometimes delivers an exceptionally good
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Would you be a director of a company that uses tax havens?
Thursday, February 12th, 2015Suppose you were a director of a multinational company. As John Lennon would have it, it’s easy if you try. Now imagine you were under
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What if the UK's tax havens ignore Ed Miliband's threat?
Saturday, February 7th, 2015The extraordinary response from the UK’s tax havens to Ed Miliband’s demand that they create public registries of the ownership of the companies that are
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If tax havens create prosperity why can't 1 in 10 in Jersey afford a cooked meal every day?
Friday, November 28th, 2014This comes from tonight’s Jersey Evening Post: So what does that say? First, in a tax haven there are those unable to access banking. Second,
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