The Isle of Man has now agreed to implement a FATCA style agreement with the UK. Jersey and Guernsey have not. What might explain the
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Jersey and Guernsey say no to the UK: I predict a constitutional crisis
Tax News has reported that the Guernsey and Jersey governments have jointly stated: “As communicated last week, officials from Guernsey, Jersey and the Isle of Man
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Panic in Jersey as they realise they’re far up the creek without a paddle in sight
News has reached me of complete panic having broken out in the upper echelons of the Jersey government as a result of the decision by the Isle of Man
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The Isle of Man admits that it’s going to offer full automatic information exchange to the UK – shattering its secrecy for good
The Isle of Man government issued this press release this morning, which confirms the leak through International Tax Review two weeks ago that the UK government is seeking to
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Crisis for the Crown Dependencies
The Times (behind paywall) noted last night: That should be a fun event. But it’s not news to any of the participants. All that’s news
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The UK’s ‘son of FATCA’ for the Crown Dependencies
On Friday it was reported by International Tax Review that the UK was seeking to impose what is known as a ‘son of FATCA’ provision on the
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The days of the UK’s tax havens are numbered – the Treasury is taking steps to shatter their secrecy forever
The following article has just been published on the website of International Tax Review. The implication is unambiguous as far as I see it. Using
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The Isle of Man is committed to openness and transparency, as long as it is done in secret
I wrote yesterday about the farce of the tax information exchange agreements that have been signed by many tax havens / secrecy jurisdictions in response to OECD demands in
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The UK is not going to put up with second rate information exchange from the likes of Jersey
A rumour reaches me (let’s say no more) that missives are heading towards Jersey, Guernsey, the Isle of Man and British Overseas Territories like Cayman, the British Virgin Islands and Gibraltar saying
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