The public have more sense than politicians. And for all the newspaper furore about the possible loss of some basic pretty data on 25 million
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Accountancy Age has reported: HM Revenue & Customs policy chief Dave Hartnett has been appointed acting chairman of HM Revenue & Customs. His appointment does
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Accountancy magazine has reported that IFRS 8 has been annulled by the EU. But as it notes: A procedural hiccup has led to the adoption
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So the Revenue have lost some data. As the Independent puts it: What kind of personal data is contained on the lost discs? A frightening
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I have already commented upon the state of the press in Jersey this morning. Let me add further example of the state of the press
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The Walker Code on private equity will be published today. I have little to add to the despair I expressed yesterday when learning that Sir
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There’s much talk in the City of junk bonds, many of them issued by offshore SPVs, SIVs and CDOs. There’s little talk of “junk equity”.
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The Jersey Evening Post has a four page supplement tonight explaining how the States will deal with the ‘black hole’ arising from the 0 /
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Marty Sullivan has been continuing his work on the UK’s offshore tax havens, this time looking at the Isle of Man. He concludes: At the
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