Tax havens: new PCS report sets out the problems, and the solutions
Wednesday, July 13th, 2011PCS launched its new tax haven report last night in the House of Commons. I declare an interest here, I wrote it. I talk about
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The Telegraph on the UK ending the VAT subsidy to the Isle of Man
Wednesday, July 13th, 2011There’s excellent coverage in the Telegraph on this issue this morning. I admit I am quoted extensively saying: “I know this is a massive problem
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There is no hope of accountability and transparency in public services without massive reform of corporate regulation in the UK
Tuesday, July 12th, 2011As the GMB reported yesterday: Almost half of Southern Cross care homes are owned by companies based outside the UK, including hundreds registered in tax
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The Isle of Man has now lost all the subsidy I said it enjoyed - my campaign on this issue is over
Tuesday, July 12th, 2011When I first looked at the subsidy the UK gave to the Isle of Man through its VAT sharing agreement I came to the conclusion
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The OECD peer review process – praise where it is due
Monday, July 11th, 2011I, like many in the tax justice arena, was very dubious when the OECD set up the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax
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Isle of Man minister says its pensioners that must pay for its tax haven status
Wednesday, July 6th, 2011There are elections in the Isle of Man this autumn so whilst there is no effective party political system as such in the island (a fact that seriously undermines the effectiveness
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Jersey's peer review shows it to be very far from the transparent place it claims to be
Tuesday, July 5th, 2011The latest draft copy of Phase 2 of Jersey’s Peer Review on Exchange of Information (EOI) by the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information
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When will Jersey realise that as its finance industry declines its got to look for Plan B?
Thursday, June 30th, 2011The Jersey Evening Post has noted yesterday that: Profits in the [Jersey] finance industry last year were at their lowest levels since records began, according
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Jersey and vulture tourism
Tuesday, June 28th, 2011Tony Bellows has written a first rate review of vulture capital’s use of Jersey to purse its claims through the courts in Jersey. Vulture capitalists
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