Is now the time for an empty property tax?
Sunday, September 4th, 2011It’s almost two years since I wrote the following blog, but it seems to me that it is as relevant as ever, which is why I repeat
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Cameron and Osborne did the Swiss tax deal to support tax evasion - there's no other explanation
Thursday, August 25th, 2011The UK – Swiss tax deal does not meet with my approval, as some will have noticed. The deal is outlined here. My objections are littered
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The Tories, the Big Society and Jersey
Monday, August 22nd, 2011The Jersey Evening Post has published a gushing report saying: PRIME Minister David Cameron should come to Jersey to see his vision of the ‘Big
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Jersey and the Isle of Man - back before the European Union
Monday, August 22nd, 2011As I have noted (more than once) Jersey and the Isle of Man failed the requirements of the EU Code of Conduct on Business Taxation last year.
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This is not the case of one rotten apple, or even one rotten company. This is big corporate culture
Tuesday, August 16th, 2011Evidence released today seems to provide the clearest possible evidence that News International has been far from truthful about the hacking scandal it has been
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Germany has set back the fight against tax evasion - and we'll be outsourcing our tax system to Switzerland too, soon
Friday, August 12th, 2011David McNair of Christian Aid has an article under the first part of the above title in the Guardian today. David is right to draw
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How to buy a football club: go offshore
Tuesday, July 19th, 2011From the Treasure Islands blog, with permission: Last night I caught the tail end of a Channel 4 TV programme entitled How to Buy a Football
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Game ‘is over’ for Crown Dependencies
Friday, July 15th, 2011From the Guernsey Press yesterday: THE three Crown Dependencies are in danger of going bankrupt, tax avoidance campaigner Richard Murphy claimed yesterday. His comments follow
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What would I do if I became PM of the Isle of Man?
Friday, July 15th, 2011I was asked the other day what I would do if by some very odd chance (of which the probability is zero) I became First Minister of the Isle
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