I have been campaigning on issues relating to the European Union Savings Tax Directive since 2005, at least. It was, therefore, pleasing to note that Bloomberg
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Automatic information exchange with the Crown Dependencies is all very good but what if HMRC is too short staffed to use the data?
The government has published new regulations this morning called The International Tax Compliance (Crown Dependencies and Gibraltar) Regulations 2014. These regulations bring into affect the FATCA style
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Sark’s woes reveal something much more significant, which is UK complicity Crown Dependency abuse
The Guardian and other papers report concerns about good governance in Sark this morning, based on a report published by the House of Commons Select
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The Isle of Man is amongst the wealthiest nations in the world – but they’re so secretive the data isn’t available to prove it
I was intrigued by a recent headline in Isle of Man Today that read: The report said: It may come as a surprise to many
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Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man have signed UK tax deals but the abuse goes on – and so does the campaign against them
The following press release has been issued today: The HM Treasury has published a written ministerial statement on tax information exchange agreements between the United Kingdom and
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Campaigning against tax havens has worked, but we still have a way to go
In November 2011 I worked with International Tax Review to leak that the UK’s Crown Dependencies were going to sign what have been called ‘son of
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Cameron’s irresponsible comment on the UK’s tax havens will cause untold misery for the world’s poorest people
David Cameron’s irresponsible statement on Monday that none of the UK’s Crown Dependencies or Overseas Territories can now be considered tax havens is already having serious
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The UK Transparency Bill – extending the requirement for corporate transparency to the UK’s tax havens
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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Why are we asking the British tax havens to reform themselves when the Foreign Office says we can impose new law on them?
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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