Putting Scotland's deficit (according to GERS) in context and explaining why this nonsense happens
Wednesday, August 21st, 2019I have already commented on the Government Expenditure and Revenue Scotland statement, issued today. What the statement suggests is that Scotland ran a deficit on
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You couldn't make it up: Jersey is cracking down on tax avoiders
Wednesday, July 31st, 2019International Investment has noted: Jersey’s government is planning to launch a crackdown on islanders not paying their due tax, as it estimates to generate an
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How tax havens distort the world
Wednesday, July 31st, 2019The Office for National Statistics published new data on inward foreign direct investment into the UK this week. This is where they show the money
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Getting the offshore blame right
Monday, June 24th, 2019The FT has reported that Lloyds Bank has been forced to freeze 8,000 accounts held with it in Jersey because the owners of those accounts
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The Crown Dependencies cave in on public registers of beneficial ownership in another victory for tax justice
Wednesday, June 19th, 2019The UK’s three Crown Dependencies – Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man – have just issued press releases on a joint decision, announced today.
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It's time to tax corporations where employees work, not where ledgers hide
Wednesday, May 29th, 2019This was published by the Tax Justice Network yesterday, and I share it as I think it important. Their research was funded by the EU
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The Taxcast: The Jersey edition
Friday, April 26th, 2019Welcome to this special extended edition of the April 2019 Taxcast, broadcast from the tax haven of Jersey In this special extended edition of the
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Why every company should have its accounts on public record
Friday, March 8th, 2019There has been a lot of comment this week from the Crown Dependencies on why they should not be required to have a register of
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Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man really need to respect the rule of English law
Tuesday, March 5th, 2019I was a little surprised to find that my arguments on this blog as to why the UK has the right to intervene in the
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