A note from Colin Powell in Jersey on information exchange
Monday, June 27th, 2011Colin Powell, the man many credit with being behind the success of Jersey as a secrecy jurisdiction, has sent me a note. I think it
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Note to Jersey: the EU has not given any hint of approval of your tax system
Monday, June 27th, 2011The Jersey Evening Post is reporting that the EU has given: The strongest sign yet that the Island’s controversial zero-ten business tax regime is to
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It had to happen: the campaign to turn Scotland into a tax haven has begun
Tuesday, June 21st, 2011It was, I suppose, inevitable that the SNP’s recent victory in the Scottish elections would set the tax haven enthusiast free to argue that Scotland should join
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Jersey has exchanged just 36 pieces of tax data in more than 4 years - which is a long way from being transparent
Wednesday, June 15th, 2011A leak of the OECD’s peer review on tax information exchange agreements for Jersey has been leaked on this blog – and not by me, for
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No alternative for Jersey? Of course there is!
Wednesday, June 15th, 2011Pat Lucas is a formidable and brave campaigner. She lives in Jersey. She’s a Jersey woman. And she loves the island she lives on. Which is why
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Jersey has failed its OECD peer review
Monday, June 13th, 2011Rumour reaches me that Jersey has failed its OECD peer review. The OECD says of the peer review process that: The international fight against cross-border tax evasion
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Tel Le Sueur, Tel Le Sueur, riding through the glen...
Sunday, June 12th, 2011…gives to the rich, robs from the poor Tel Le Sueur, Tel Le Sueur, Tel Le Sueur! Robin Hood (in reverse) strikes Jersey again. A fortnight
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Been and gone - why has this story about the Isle of Man been removed from the Telegraph web site today?
Wednesday, June 8th, 2011I was interviewed by the Daily Telegraph yesterday on the subject of tax information exchange with the Isle of Man. The article got published, I know: I
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If you will allow tax abuse by being a tax haven please expect to suffer as a consequence
Saturday, June 4th, 2011The Jersey Evening Post has reported: A CHANGE to a UK tax policy may have a negative effect on the industry that the rule was
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