The Telegraph accused Thompson & Morgan of exploiting the Channel Islands to avoid VAT yesterday. My sources in the Channel Islands have been doing their work and
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Commenting Rules
I didn’t write this: A number of people have complained that the troll or trolls (they may be the same person, and in any case
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Liechtenstein structures will be within European Union Savings Tax Directive
The following is for all serious offshore aficionados. It comes form the person I think the foremost expert on the European Union Savings Tax Directive – Mark Morris,
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Note to Policy Exchange: when you promote full employment you can call the unemployed undeserving. Until then you look and sound nasty
According to the Telegraph: Tough schemes in which the long-term unemployed are forced to do community work in return for benefits are backed by an
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More on Mr Fothergill’s and Jersey
The Telegraph highlighted concerns about seed and horticultural companies abusing the Channel Islands’ for VAT purposes yesterday. Mr Fothergill’s seems to have spent some time
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Tax information exchange agreements don’t work – even the lawyers say so
As Nick Shaxson notes on his Treasure Islands blog: The April edition of the Journal of International Taxation (not available online) has a provocatively titled article
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You can’t even buy your seeds without VAT abuse
The Telegraph has reported massive VAT abuse of the Channel Islands’ by horticultural companies – naming Thompson & Morgan and Mr Forhergills in the process.
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Labour v Tory
I’ve just looked at my ballot paper for my local council election. I always have a postal vote. It’s a straight Tory v Labour fight.
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Labour: the resistance to the commodification of human beings
Maurice Glasman in the the Observer argues: Labour politics is rooted in the democratic resistance to the commodification of human beings. The organised workers who
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