The Guardian gets it right on tax havens
Friday, April 3rd, 2009The Guardian editorial today is on with which I have ease in concurring: Even if there were as many G20 misses as G20 hits, the
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Goodbye to tax havens - almost
Friday, April 3rd, 2009This is my article on Comment is Free today: Gordon Brown has declared that the G20 represents the beginning of the end — for banking
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The OECD list – an unfortunate compromise in pursuit of a goal
Thursday, April 2nd, 2009The OECD tax haven list published tonight is here. As I have written for the Guardian for tomorrow: The black list is based on a
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G20 news – 9.30
Thursday, April 2nd, 2009Tax havens were the one thing on which there was meant to be guaranteed delivery at the G20. Right now the tax haven paragraph of
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I’m struggling to describe the blatant misinformation in here
Tuesday, March 31st, 2009Geoff Cook of Jersey Finance was on the Today programme this morning. John Whiting of PWC was the respondent. Let’s be blunt this was blatant
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The Observer is on the ball
Sunday, March 29th, 2009I admit that although other Sunday papers appear to be giving me more coverage right now the Observer remains way out leader of the pack.
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Jersey does do tax evasion
Sunday, March 29th, 2009I was interested in this comment on the blog: As a recent resident of Guernsey and somebody involved in setting up a trust in Jersey
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What tax havens do - 1 - They handle stolen property
Thursday, March 26th, 2009Tax havens handle stolen property. This is not by accident, this is by design. The tale of the creation of Swiss banking secrecy says it
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Pirates of the Caribbean
Thursday, March 26th, 2009What follows comes from The Australian. It was published with the above title. It reflects comments I made to a packed meeting at the Foreign
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