Jersey Finance has issued a press release on the future of financial services in that Channel Island. It says, amongst other things: Whilst the quality
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The USA is out of bounds
I hear rumours from Switzerland. Apparently the indictment of a UBS banker in the USA on charges relating to tax evasion through Liechtenstein has made
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Devereux: missing the point
The Economist had an article on companies leaving the UK last week. They concluded by giving space to Mike Devereux Oxford University: The government’s proposals
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Global wealth data
Missed this when it came out in the FT. It’s an invaluable source of data on wealth and property distribution. Not reproduced here for copyright
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Luxembourg: Supplier of corruption services
As the International Herald Tribune has reported: Under pressure from Germany, the European Union on Wednesday agreed to consider a new clampdown on tax havens,
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EU commits to tax cooperation
At yesterday’s ECOFIN meeting the EU increased its commitment to tax cooperation to tackle tax evasion. It said: TAX ISSUES IN AGREEMENTS WITH THIRD COUNTRIES
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My del.icio.us bookmarks for May 14th
These are my links for May 14th: UK corporates moving overseas: will they stay or will they go? – Accountancy Age – I’ve said it
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