It's time for the UK to act on its tax havens
Monday, October 3rd, 2011This image comes from the Hindustan Times. I’m reproducing it shows juts how important the British Overseas Territories are to the City of London and
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There are many things Jersey can say about me but wrong isn't one of them
Friday, September 30th, 2011I note the Jersey Evening Post reported yesterday that: EUROPE could force Jersey to introduce a capital gains tax, one of the UK’s foremost critics
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Jersey's proud to say it's the number one place for hiding your money
Wednesday, September 28th, 2011As the Jersey Evening Post says today: JERSEY is now ranked in the top ten worldwide locations for providing wealth management and private banking services.
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The Channel Island and Low Value Consignment relief - getting the facts straight
Thursday, September 22nd, 2011There was a recent discussion on this blog about the history of Low Value Consignment Relief – the VAT system that has been systematically abused
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Will play.com be turfed out of Jersey?
Wednesday, September 21st, 2011The following was announced this morning on TechRadar: Play.com, one of the UK’s biggest e-tailers, has announced that it is to be bought by Rakuten, a Japanese
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Who is Jersey kidding when it comes to withholding taxes?
Tuesday, September 20th, 2011As Tax-News.com has reported (straight from a press release, so I feel happy to copy it): Jersey’s Comptroller of Taxes has remitted to EU member
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VAT consignment relief and the Channel Islands - it's time for the final whistle
Friday, September 16th, 2011It seems worth reproducing the following exchange from Hansard this week in full: Jonathan Edwards: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he
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Jersey, The Isle of Man and Guernsey
Thursday, September 15th, 2011The EU Code of Conduct on Business Taxation group met in Brussels this week to consider the measures Jersey and the Isle of Man are proposing to take to make their tax systems compliant with EU
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Entrepreneurs don't migrate because of taxation
Friday, September 9th, 2011There are two more letters in the FT that are of sufficient public importance to be reproduced in full given the importance of the 50p tax rate in current
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