The Telegraph has noted: The Chancellor has demanded Britain’s offshore tax havens “do more” to crackdown on illegal evasion as he sought to strengthen a potentially ground-breaking deal to stamp out the criminal activity. The trouble for Osborne is that the finance industry in Jersey is in complete denial that there is any such thing
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George Osborne gave his mid term report on the Crown Dependencies today, saying: British overseas territories “need to do more” to end tax evasion. Asked about the future of tax havens such as Jersey or the Cayman Islands, he said he had already been very tough in his message to them but wanted to see more action. “Of course
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It’s been said by a commentator on the blog this morning that:  In this instance the thing that irks me is that Monty and others on the left have absolutely no solutions to diversifying our economy. I would have more respect if he was to come forward with credible solutions to move Jersey away from the reliance
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I guess it was almost inevitable that the Tax Justice Network would be drawn into the row on tax evasion in Jersey. And it has been, with Geoff Cook of Jersey Finance coming forward to throw the insults. As he says on his blog: Tax evasion, avoidance, sham trusts and dark doings are all alleged, sprinkled with supporting
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I wrote today about the rather nasty threats being made against Deputy Montfort Tadier in Jersey because he had said there is tax evasion taking place in Jersey – something so widely internationally acknowledged that you would think it would pass without a moment’s notice. But Senator Ozouf. the Finance Minister, wanted to threaten and so suggested
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It’s quite amusing that Jersey Finance – the real government of Jersey – is in such a furore that Deputy Montfort Tadier spoke to a French newspaper that they have paid for the article to be translated and have now put it on their own web site – so adding considerably to the publicity about it. What’s really odd is that
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Senator Philip Ozouf has been playing nasty, and true to totalitarian form, in an interview on the BBC with Deputy Montfort Tadier this morning. As readers of the blog over the weekend will know, Tadier has said there is tax evasion on Jersey – which is no news to anyone. As HMRC said in a report published
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Senator Philip Ozouf, the finance minister of Jersey, has claimed in this interview with Channel TV that Jersey is ‘tax neutral’. His claim is that no tax in Jersey simply allows tax to be paid where a source of income arises and where it goes to but not in Jersey. It is this, he says, that Deputy Tadier does not understand. Phlip Ozouf is
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Senator Philip Ozouf, the Jersey Finance Minister, has tellingly revealed the real nature of the political situation in Jersey. In his response on his blog to the interview elected Jersey Deputy Montfort Tadier (the equivalent of an MP) had with a French newspaper Ozouf said: Deputy Montfort Tadier this week gave an interview to a leading
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