Two things happened as a result of yesterday’s announcement with regard to the relationship between the UK and its tax havens by David Cameron in
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The UK can unambiguously legislate for the Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories
I was rummaging through various links today and came to the UK Foreign Office White Paper on the Overseas Territories published in June 2012. This contains, on page 14, the following interesting statement in
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We can change the law in the UK’s tax havens, and impose direct rule if they don’t like it
The government frequently says that it cannot change the law in the UK’s Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories as they are independent jurisdictions. As a result it
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Why are there so few US details in the Panama Papers?
There is a lot of speculation, and even conspiracy theory, circulating on why the Panama Papers leak does not appear to address US issues. Let
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Whose head is on so many tax haven’s stamps?
You couldn’t make it up: Look at the top right hand corner. And ask who is responsible for the BVI’s role in the world. Then
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Why are the Big 4 accountants all in Panama and the BVI?
Who is in the British Virgin Islands? EY KPMG PWC Deloitte And who is in Panama? EY KPMG PWC Deloitte Why, is the fair question
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The pinstripe mafia is at work
The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists is behind today’s stories worldwide on cash flowing out of China through the British Virgin Islands. I have already written
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The BVI – the global epicentre of illicit financial flows
I expect to be on Newsnight tonight to discuss the British Virgin Islands and why it appears to be used by so many Chinese people
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The BVI’s tax information exchange is in chaos – and it’s time the UK acted
As the OECD has noted in a new report on information exchange: British Virgin Islands : The Phase 2 review shows that the Virgin Islands experienced
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