Jersey and Guernsey are costing the UK £110 million a year in VAT - and the Treasury is turning a blind eye
Wednesday, January 28th, 2009There was an adjournment debate on the VAT abuse being facilitated by the Channel Islands last night ion the House of Commons. This was said:
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Brussels looks for lost VAT in the Channel
Sunday, January 25th, 2009The Guardian published a long article on the VAT abuse that Jersey and Guernsey continue to facilitate VAT abuse in the UK yesterday. It says:
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My del.icio.us bookmarks for January 10th through January 12th
Monday, January 12th, 2009These are my links for January 10th through January 12th: FT.com / Companies / Food & Beverage – ‘Greed’ blamed for pub closures – "Private
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Lloyds TSB - criminally corrupt
Sunday, January 11th, 2009Reuters reported this from Washington DC today: Lloyds TSB has agreed to forfeit $350 million (£231 million) to U.S. authorities in connection with charges it
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My del.icio.us bookmarks for January 3rd through January 7th
Thursday, January 8th, 2009These are my links for January 3rd through January 7th: Investing Together: The case for a Local Authority Mutual Fund – Overwhelming I'd say Op-Ed
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Adam Smith Institute get it very, very wrong
Monday, January 5th, 2009My attention has been drawn to an Adam Smith Institute (ASI) report of 24 November in which they suggested the personal allowance for all people
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Clearing up some misunderstandings on the EU Savings Tax Directive and the Isle of Man
Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008A commentator on this blog has written: Having an interest in the KSF IOM affair, where we invested funds for overseas resident grandchildren (there was
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Singapore: the one everyone will have to crack
Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008The Sovereign Society has had this to say today: “Many of the world’s wealthy have moved from traditional tax havens of the Caribbean, Switzerland and
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All is well in Jersey - or so they say
Sunday, December 21st, 2008Of course all regulatory systems work in Jersey. As the Jersey Evening Post noted last week: AN Iranian bank with links to terrorist organisations has
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