The Observer published a story today about an email from Jersey that had been sent to it, seemingly inadvertently. Nick Mathiason at the Observer was
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Rattling the cage
Any writer likes to be read. It goes with the patch. So I can’t help but say that it’s been good to note that the
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Paranoia, or justifiable concern?
This comes from the only paper in Guernsey. Are they paranoid? I hope not. I think the Revenue are doing just what it says on
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More Jersey hypocrisy
The Jersey Financial Services Commission has published a new draft Code of Practice for the 190 trust companies that undertake business in that island. The
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Information exchange
Accountancy Age has reported that HM Revenue & Customs: HM Revenue and Customs hopes to make progress on negotiations with the Cayman Islands, China, Germany,
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There is always more than one way to finance a project
One of the regular readers of this blog is Chris Steel. I admire Chris a lot, for a great many reasons. One of them is
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Jersey – on the slippery slopes to not knowing their clients
To date Jersey has had a quite unusual claim it can make in the financial services world. Unlike the UK, for example, it apparently requires
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Guernsey’s “strange ecnomic policy”
I was interviewed by BBC Radio Guernsey yesterday and they then put up a feature on our discussion. It does seem that several people have
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Tax incentives produce perverse effects – another nail in the Celtic Tiger’s coffin
The Irish Sunday Times ran an interesting article today. Anyone should read it for the mixed package of messages it offers. First of all ordinary
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