This isn’t petty: this is war
Tuesday, March 24th, 2009The FT reports: The friction between Switzerland and Germany over bank secrecy reached government level on Monday, as the Swiss defence minister confirmed he had
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Good news on tax havens
Monday, March 23rd, 2009From the Guardian this morning: Tax havens will be forced to submit themselves to international scrutiny under plans to tackle their culture of secrecy being
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My del.icio.us bookmarks for March 13th through March 18th
Wednesday, March 18th, 2009These are my links for March 13th through March 18th: The less you contribute to OECD budget the more influence you have on the policies
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Liberate Jersey!
Wednesday, March 18th, 2009From Channel 4 news: I don’t call for an invasion. But I do look forward to the liberation of Jersey.
Bank regulation will not happen whilst we have tax havens
Tuesday, March 17th, 2009If the Barclays story published over the last few days proves anything it is that there is no prospect of effective regulation of banks or
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The Turks & Caicos is not a bad apple
Tuesday, March 17th, 2009The Guardian has reported that: The government yesterday revealed extraordinary plans to seize control of a Caribbean tax haven after a report warned there was
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Monday, March 16th, 2009These are my links for March 12th through March 16th: International deals on sharing tax data could take years to complete – International Herald Tribune
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Tax haven changes welcome: more needed
Saturday, March 14th, 2009Senator Carl Levin is credited with saying the above. It’s my current mantra, and will be for some time to come, I suspect. Gordon Brown
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Why Jersey can’t information exchange
Tuesday, March 10th, 2009By now Jersey has signed its tax information exchange agreement with the UK. This is not worth the paper it is written on. There are
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