Why I knew Standard Chartered was guilty
Wednesday, August 15th, 2012Last week I was heavily criticised for saying I thought Standard Chartered guilty as charged by New York. I was accused of trial by media;
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Why can't Jersey go where the Turks & Caicos can?
Thursday, August 9th, 2012The European Union Savings Tax Directive is a vital weapon against tax evasion. That’s it’s only purpose. Introduced in 2005 it requires that all EU states
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Cayman scraps income tax
Wednesday, August 8th, 2012Associated Press have reported: The Cayman Islands is scrapping a plan to impose a direct income tax on thousands of expatriates working in the British
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Jersey's black hole is getting deeper - just as I predicted way back in 2005
Wednesday, August 8th, 2012When Jersey first planned to move to a zero percent corporation tax system, with funds lost being replaced by a sales tax equivalent to VAT I predicted
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The US is rightly targeting the tax haven culture of the City of London
Wednesday, August 8th, 2012There’s much debate this morning on whether US regulators are deliberately targeting UK banks. Much of that debate is jingoistic. John Mann, a Labour MP has said
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Tax is the answer - even in the Cayman Islands
Monday, July 30th, 2012I admit to quiet amusement at the news that the Cayman Islands is planning to introduce its first ever income tax. As CayCompass.Com reports: Premier
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I just wish the OECD would stop talking nonsense about offshore
Friday, July 27th, 2012In the same interview with Reuters that Pascal St Aman gave to mark the publication of the Tax Justice Network report “The Price of Offshore”
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Banks and that wilful blind eye to tax evasion
Sunday, July 22nd, 2012The Observer has talked this morning on many pages about the wilful blind eye banks take to tax evasion. They have done so in response
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If others are writing about me you might as well read it here
Wednesday, July 18th, 2012This blog was published on both Economy Watch and Q Finance and since it’sa about me I might as well share it here. I was
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