Money an Island
Thursday, January 31st, 2013The Apopalyptics take on tax-dodging multi-national corporations Lyrics: Money on an island © O.McEldowney/D.Cole 2012 You can keep your money on an island You can
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Jersey agrees that a new European Union Savings Tax Directive is inevitable - and it will have to comply
Wednesday, January 30th, 2013I’ve already noted this morning that Jersey has conceded that the UK has all the power in its relationship with the USA over FATCA. It
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The UK can block Jersey's FATCA deal if it wishes, and there's nothing Jersey can do about it
Wednesday, January 30th, 2013Last November I helped expose the fact that the UK was demanding that the Crown Dependencies grant it full automatic information exchange as a condition of agreeing
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Jersey's got £5 million to say the rest of the world is out of step with it
Friday, January 25th, 2013The Jersey Evening Post has reported this afternoon: Jersey’s finance industry is gearing up to combat its detractors this year with more time, money and
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Life's good for bankers in the Socialist Republic of Jersey
Monday, January 21st, 2013I noted this report in the Jersey Evening Post today: A decision to authorise the largest-ever States grant to Jersey Finance will help ensure the
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Tax abuse costs people everywhere their jobs, their futures and their public services, even in Jersey
Thursday, January 10th, 2013As International Tax Review has reported: Online retailer Play.com has shut down its once profitable Jersey business, which thrived because of the low value consignment
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It's time for Cameron to take on the UK's tax havens but will he when that's where his father made his wealth?
Sunday, January 6th, 2013I’ve just noticed yesterday’s editorial in the Independent. Building on David Cameron’s comments on tax avoidance and the successful proseuction of a Swiss bank for
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Is the Isle of Man negotiating the equivalent of a Liechtenstein Disclosure Facility?
Wednesday, December 19th, 2012The Isle of Man has now agreed to implement a FATCA style agreement with the UK. Jersey and Guernsey have not. What might explain the
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Jersey and Guernsey say no to the UK: I predict a constitutional crisis
Tuesday, December 18th, 2012Tax News has reported that the Guernsey and Jersey governments have jointly stated: “As communicated last week, officials from Guernsey, Jersey and the Isle of Man
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