General Anti-Avoidance Principle to be proposed in the Commons
Sunday, May 10th, 2009This from the blog of Michael Meacher MP: Next Tuesday and Wednesday the Commons will be debating the Committee stage of the Finance Bill on
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Tax evasion is officially condoned by some countries
Friday, May 8th, 2009According to the Wall Street Journal: Switzerland and Liechtenstein are both actively inviting Germans to dodge taxes at home, German Finance Minister Peer Steinbrueck said
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Jersey has a ‘new black hole’
Thursday, May 7th, 2009The Jersey Evening Post has reported: JERSEY could face a new £60 million tax ‘black hole’ by 2012. The panel of expert economists who advise
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Goodbye to the British OFC?
Tuesday, May 5th, 2009The Bermuda Royal Gazette (where else could have such a paper?) reports: Offshore financial centres (OFCs) are facing a "Doomsday scenario" as the world’s major
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Informa?
Sunday, May 3rd, 2009Somehow you’d think a company with such a name would be well advised. I’m not sure why — it just has that sort of claim
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Foot – the Gap Review
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009Michael Foot’s interim report on his work reviewing the UK’s secrecy jurisdictions provides clear indication of three things. The first is that Michael Foot was
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Guernsey wonders why everyone’s picking on them
Wednesday, April 15th, 2009The Guernsey Post has published another response to the Maundy Thursday letters. They have said: WRITING here yesterday, we highlighted the rather arbitrary ’standards’ demanded
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Is this what Guernsey wants to know?
Wednesday, April 15th, 2009The Guernsey Press has published an article in response to the Maunday Thursday letters. It says: Even when the OECD gives the Bailiwicks a clean
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Jersey has its head in the sand
Tuesday, April 14th, 2009The Jersey Evening Post has reported the Maunday Thursday letter from Gordon Brown to Jersey premier Terry le Sueur. As the paper notes: In a
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