Another battle won
Saturday, June 27th, 2009From the Jersey Evening Post: Jersey has plans to move to automatic exchange of tax information by 2011. Treasury Minister Philip Ozouf has revealed that
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180 more jobs go in Jersey finance
Thursday, June 25th, 2009From the Jersey Evening Post: UP to 180 jobs in Jersey are to go at the Lloyds banking group — just under a third of
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Isle of Man to go for automatic information exchange?
Wednesday, June 24th, 2009Isle of Man due to signal shift in tax policy – Isle of Man Today . Isle of Man Treasury Minister Allan Bell was due
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Defending the Price of Offshore
Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009I was the main author of a Tax Justice Network report published in 2005 called The Price of Offshore. In it we argued that $11.5trn
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And the winner of the race to the bottom is….Obwalden
Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009As the Guardian reports: The canton of Obwalden is planning to launch "special living zones" for millionaires in an attempt to boost its tax take
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Keep whistling
Monday, June 22nd, 2009I read this comment from the Channel Islands this morning and couldn’t help but think of this: Keep whistling guys. It will help.
Jersey lawyer making staff redundant
Sunday, June 21st, 2009Another sign that Jersey is having a tough time and has no chance of balancing its budget in future: major local law firm Ogier has
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Jersey, sinking despite all the claims to the contrary
Saturday, June 20th, 2009The Jersey Evening Post notes: The latest statistics for the Island’s finance industry show a marked decline in both bank deposits and funds. In the
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Now is the time to keep the City on the hook
Monday, June 15th, 2009The Observer astutely observed the moves in the City to claim it’s “business as usual” this weekend. In its editorial it said: It is astonishing
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