I have been writing about the UK Corporate and Individual Tax and Financial Transparency Bill and its requirements. One particularly important requirement is in section 9
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Extending multilateral tax information exchange to the Cayman, the BVI and Bermuda is great news – if it’s more than a hollow gesture
It’s been announced over night that, as expected, the so called G5 tax agreement – between the UK, France, Germany, Italy and Spain – is
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The Isle of Man is seeking to replace the BVI as China’s favourite tax haven
The China Daily has a lovely headline over a story which says: Isle of Man assists with China outward investment And it gushingly continues: John
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The British Virgin Islands knows it’s been beaten by the USA – so it’s turning to the UAE instead
The US Foreign Accounts Tax Compliance Act is scaring tax havens around the world, and rightly so. For all practical purposes, the illicit tax haven sector is
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The time to end tax haven secrecy is now
The Guardian has reported this morning that: Britain’s most successful serial confidence trickster, Achilleas Kallakis, faces up to 10 years in jail after being found
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The Establishment’s blind eye on the British Virgin Islands is criminal
As the Guardian notes this morning, the British Virgin Islands are a land of sand, sea and secrecy. That’s because the microstate is now the world’s biggest
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The Tories and tax havens
As the FT has noted: It’s normal practice in Parliamentary debates to declare any interests which could be relevant. During a debate on tax avoidance
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