Maybe Jersey's paranoia is justified when its former regulator turns on it
Monday, November 19th, 2012Jersey is beginning to show signs of paranoia when it comes to its tax haven status. On and off record its tetchiness is becming increasingly
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Tax havens and entrepreneurs just don't mix: it's only tax havens and greed that do
Friday, November 16th, 2012I have to admit I sometimes think about moving. I guess we all do. It’s not news. Until, that is, you’re a millionaire who is
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The UK is not going to put up with second rate information exchange from the likes of Jersey
Tuesday, November 13th, 2012A rumour reaches me (let’s say no more) that missives are heading towards Jersey, Guernsey, the Isle of Man and British Overseas Territories like Cayman, the British Virgin Islands and Gibraltar saying
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Happy 10th birthday Tax Justice Network
Friday, November 9th, 2012This blog has been reposted from the TJN website, and was written by John Christensen, its director: Tax Justice Network was founded in Florence on 9th November
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Who leaked on the HSBC Jersey list that's been supplied to HMRC?
Friday, November 9th, 2012I note in the Telegraph story about HSBC in Jersey that it is said: The Telegraph has established from public records that HSBC has opened
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Jersey: a deliberate base for money laundering
Friday, November 9th, 2012The Telegraph reports this morning that: The tax authorities have obtained details of every British client of HSBC in Jersey after a whistleblower secretly provided
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Saying "we're not a tax haven" doesn't convince anyone: Jersey, Antigua and Gibraltar, please note
Thursday, November 1st, 2012After a decade of campaigning on tax haven issues the claim I have probably heard more often than any other is “we’re not a tax
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Jersey is doing all it can to oppose full information exchange with the UK, and that can only be to help tax evaders
Sunday, October 28th, 2012Three weeks ago I asked some questions of Jersey on this blog. Since this blog is well read in Jersey – most especially by those
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An open challenge to Jersey: be big and brave enough to take us on in debate
Saturday, October 27th, 2012We challenge the authorities of the British Channel Island of Jersey (a secrecy jurisdiction) to open, public debate about our criticisms of that island’s role
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