The IMF is undertaking reviews of many offshore territories in 2008 with regard to their money laundering compliance. Jersey is rolling out new legislation every
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My correspondence with a member of the financial services community in Guernsey is continuing. I have made a simple suggestion to him. This is that
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I’ve suggested 2007 was a good year for those working on tax justice issues. What does 2008 hold? Given that the role of taxation in
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2007 was a good year for tax justice. Most important of all was a serous change in the development community. There is now significant support
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It’s a fact that we cannot do without taxes. That’s because we cannot do without government. And we cannot do without markets either, at least
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One of my Jersey correspondents tells me that the public’s repulsion for the regressive GST (Goods and Services Tax) to be introduced in Jersey in
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The Guardian has reported that: Totesport Casino, an internet arm of government-owned bookmaker the Tote, is switching its operations to the offshore tax haven of
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Max Hastings, a former editor of the Daily Telegraph wrote a thoughtful piece on corruption for the Guardian earlier this week. I recommend it. I
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Jerome Turquey has an astonishing entry on his blog. As he notes, page 20 of the FATF Annual Report for 2006 – 07 says: Thanks
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