Guernsey succumbs to the UK's demand for tax transparency. Now when will Jersey fall?
Friday, March 15th, 2013Last November I was involved in disclosing the news that the UK intended to impose FATCA style agreements on the UK’s Crown Dependencies, and then
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Financial Times finds evidence of huge flight of rich after French tax hikes (or does it?)
Wednesday, March 13th, 2013The FT’s suggested the rich are rushing to leave France in an article entitled “Top executives join France exodus.” It focuses quite heavily (though not
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Thought for the day from the book of Kings
Monday, March 11th, 2013I don’t often quite the Bible here, less often still the Old Testament, but a Jersey reader sent me a note this morning after I’d
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Tax Justice, the Dean of Jersey and non-cooperation
Monday, March 11th, 2013In 2008 the Tax Justice Network sent the Very Dean of Jersey, the Rev Bob Keys, an open letter. John Christensen did so because the
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Now Grant Thornton come out in favour of Channel Islands' tax haven abuse
Friday, March 1st, 2013Last week it was KPMG who were shouting that the Channel Islands that Jersey and Guernsey should not cooperate with the UK on tax issues. This week
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KPMG makes clear it's a true friend of tax haven abuse
Saturday, February 23rd, 2013The Jersey Evening Post has given us one of the clearest insights we could ask for on the role of KPMG in perpetuating tax haven
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Progress towards automatic information exchange with tax havens is inevitable: it's when, not if
Friday, February 15th, 2013The Economist series on offshore, published as a special report this week, has some powerful nuggets within it. I was talking about automatic information exchange in the Canadian
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Unless we know who owns companies corruption follows, and even the OECD is hinting at that now
Monday, February 11th, 2013The OECD has published a new paper on the importance of knowing the beneficial ownership of companies, on which I have already commented today. Admittedly this is a discussion
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Jersey continues the downward spiral to more tax haven abuse
Monday, February 11th, 2013Jersey’s planning a new law. Under it, as they say: The purpose of the Regulations, therefore, is to enable foreign companies to act as directors of
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