I spoke at a meeting of the Centre for the Study of Financial Innovation last week. It was a pretty unpleasant experience, surrounded by those
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There is much heated debate on this blog, quite often, about the true status of the Crown Dependencies. I argue that they are just that
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I published the executive summary of a draft of the OECD Peer Review of Jersey’s preparedness for tax information exchange on Tuesday. I did so
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During the debate on the future of secrecy jurisdictions at the Centre for the Study for Financial Innovation today Geoff Cook of Jersey Finance (who
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I have drawn attention to the Low Value Consignment Relief (LVCR) VAT abuse perpetrated by the Channel Islands for almost as long as this blog
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Several years ago when Jersey introduced it’s  Goods and Services Tax John Christensen of the Tax Justice Network and I speculated on the rate that
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Repeat after me: Jersey’s not a tax haven Jersey’s not a tax haven Jersey’s not a tax haven‚Ķ‚Ķ Which is why the Jersey Evening Post
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I am amused by an article in the Jersey Evening Post today. It says: Thousands of jobs could go and hundreds of millions in tax
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Not my title: it’s adapted from one in the Guernsey Press and Star this afternoon. As they say: EUROPE is running out of patience with
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