The latest draft copy of Phase 2 of Jersey’s Peer Review on Exchange of Information (EOI) by the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information
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When will Jersey realise that as its finance industry declines its got to look for Plan B?
The Jersey Evening Post has noted yesterday that: Profits in the [Jersey] finance industry last year were at their lowest levels since records began, according
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Jersey and vulture tourism
Tony Bellows has written a first rate review of vulture capital’s use of Jersey to purse its claims through the courts in Jersey. Vulture capitalists
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A note from Colin Powell in Jersey on information exchange
Colin Powell, the man many credit with being behind the success of Jersey as a secrecy jurisdiction, has sent me a note. I think it
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Note to Jersey: the EU has not given any hint of approval of your tax system
The Jersey Evening Post is reporting that the EU has given: The strongest sign yet that the Island’s controversial zero-ten business tax regime is to
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So now we know what the Crown Dependencies are for
There was a fascinating comment in the Scotsman newspaper this morning: David Mundell, Scotland Office Minister, said that any comparison between Scotland and the [Crown]
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It had to happen: the campaign to turn Scotland into a tax haven has begun
It was, I suppose, inevitable that the SNP’s recent victory in the Scottish elections would set the tax haven enthusiast free to argue that Scotland should join
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Jersey has exchanged just 36 pieces of tax data in more than 4 years – which is a long way from being transparent
A leak of the OECD’s peer review on tax information exchange agreements for Jersey has been leaked on this blog – and not by me, for
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No alternative for Jersey? Of course there is!
Pat Lucas is a formidable and brave campaigner. She lives in Jersey. She’s a Jersey woman. And she loves the island she lives on. Which is why
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