Recording ever government borrowing figures for February were announced today. According to the BBC: The British Chambers of Commerce said it was “important that the
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WPP to quit Jersey? And come back to the UK? A double whammy!
Financial Director reports: THE TREASURY is reported this morning to have been in talks with advertising and maketing giant WPP about returning its tax base
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Record borrowing, inflation up, unemployment rising – what hope for George?
Inflation is rising fast – RPI over 5%. February government borrowing figures were a record for the month – a major achievement for a Chancellor
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Lex supports country-by-country reporting
The Lex Column on the FT is influential (even if not always reliable, politically). But this morning it’s bang on the button when talking about
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Why hasn’t Jersey signed a TIEA with India? Was it Jersey would not play ball?
The following comes from the blog of ‘Tony, The Prof’ in Jersey, and seems highly pertinent, following in the wake of news that despite much
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Google’s tax gets an SEC review
Bloomberg has reported: Google Inc. received questions from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in December about earnings in other countries that may have reduced
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Business passing its tax bill to ordinary people – with the help of George Osborne
From the Daily Mail this morning: Following the ‘corporate roadmap’ published by the Treasury in the autumn, Osborne could also introduce exemptions on profits from
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The Office for Budget Responsibility delivers its verdict – and Osborne has failed
The Office for Budget Responsibility is the Treasury offshoot that is supposed to make us all think politicians have become accountable because a quango staffed
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