Jamaica: Not likely to make it as a tax haven
Thursday, January 31st, 2008I was amused to note that tax haven lobby group The Sovereign Society had a feature on whether Jamaica might be the next tax haven
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Guernsey: pretending to stand on its own
Tuesday, January 29th, 2008I was amused to read a story in the Guernsey Press and Star which had the headline: GUERNSEY’S independence is seriously under threat from the
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Offshore trusts: Non-doms games are over
Monday, January 28th, 2008The Sunday Times reports of the new rules for non-domiciled people in the UK that: It was initially thought that offshore trusts would be exempt
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They're only bluffing
Monday, January 28th, 2008The Independent reports that: Simon Walker, chief executive of the British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (BVCA), has warned that growing resentment of government
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Tax avoidance by the super-rich costs the British taxpayer £13bn a year
Sunday, January 27th, 2008The Observer has reported: Tax avoidance by the super-rich costs the British taxpayer £13bn a year – enough money to increase old-age pensions by 20
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My del.icio.us bookmarks for January 25th
Saturday, January 26th, 2008These are my links for January 25th: London Stock Exchange – Article – Tax ‘causing funds to flow overseas’ – It’s hard to credit how
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Country-by-country reporting is key to the new economic order
Friday, January 25th, 2008The prime minister wrote in the FT yesterday, in a link up with Davos. He said (and I quote only in part): Most political and
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Sorry, I've just lost £3.7 billion
Thursday, January 24th, 2008The BBC reports that: French bank Societe Generale says it has uncovered “massive” fraud by a Paris-based trader which resulted in a loss of 4.9bn
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Capital Gains Tax: The Chancellor introduces Entrepreneur's Relief
Thursday, January 24th, 2008This is the text of the Chancellor’s statement on capital gains tax, to be made today: CAPITAL GAINS TAX CHANCELLOR ALISTAIR DARLING’S STATEMENT 24 JANUARY
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