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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The Chief Minister of Jersey reads ‘tax research websites’
I have already mentioned one amusing exchange in the States of Jersey last week. There was another that also caught my eye, which was an
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Jersey’s ‘sniff test’ for tax avoidance and the case of a bad cold
I was amused by this exchange in the States of Jersey last week in which it became clear that Jersey uses a ‘sniff test’ when
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TJN on Jersey’s new claims as to tis economic worth
TJN have launched into an analysis of Jersey’s new claims as to its economic worth to the UK, just as I have done. As is normally the
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Jersey and I are in agreement that they cost the UK at least £500 million a year
I calculated yesterday that Jersey cost the UK at least £500 million a year in lost tax revenue. I had only read the summary report issued by
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Why it’s worth blogging about Jersey – or anything else
I am often asked why it is worth blogging. I do it to change debate, to challenge the hegemony of thinking that dominates our public
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Jersey’s so kind – it sends back to the UK the money it took from us in the first place
I will write about Jersey’s new report on its finance industry one more time today. It says the source of its funds and where they are
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More numbers Jersey’s new report on its finance sector can’t get right
The inconsistencies in Jersey’s new report on its financial services sector keep on jumping off my screen. Take this claim in the report: Jersey’s banks largely service the needs of the
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It’s a pity Jersey can’t get its numbers right
Jersey’s new report on its economic value to the UK is an amusing piece of work – not least because it kooks like the numbers are made up. It
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