I missed this announcement on 23 December: These are the places applying to be cities in 2022: Peel, Isle of Man; Douglas, Isle of Man;
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Where is the UK government on Biden’s tax plan? Is Johnson intending to come out as the friend of tax havens?
I wrote about the Biden tax plan last week. I mentioned that it might raise an estimated £13.5bn pa for the UK at the weekend. And
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It’s time for the EU to get tough on Jersey and Guernsey
I was pleased to note this report in the Guardian yesterday: The European parliament is pushing for UK overseas territories including the British Virgin Islands,
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Tax haven UK is on its way
The Brexit deal’s arrangements with regard to tax are surprisingly limited, unless they relate to VAT and imports and exports. As far as I can
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There will be dancing in the UK’s tax havens this Christmas
This comes from the government’s analysis of its Brexit deal, leaked this morning to Guido Fawkes (quite deliberately, I am sure): There will be much
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They have very long memories and no sense of contrition in the Isle of Man
They have long memories on the Isle of Man. As the Isle of Man Today website (which is the main news outlet for the island)
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HMRC is right to worry offshore account holders
There appears to be some concern this morning at the lack of resources at HM Revenue & Customs. The Sunday Times is reporting that: The
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It’s time for Jersey to stop arguing about transparency and to get on and deliver it
The Jersey Evening Post published an interview with Andrew Mitchell MP yesterday. In it he made clear that he is sure the UK parliament can
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The Crown Dependencies cave in on public registers of beneficial ownership in another victory for tax justice
The UK’s three Crown Dependencies – Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man – have just issued press releases on a joint decision, announced today.
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