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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Jersey VAT abuse
The Forum of Private Business in the UK, inspired by a remarkable record shop owner turned campaigner Richard Allen, has been campaigning against the VAT
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‘Sir’ Philip Green – the rewards of tax avoidance
Nick Cohen wrote eloquently in the Observer yesterday about the knighthood given to Philip Green. He noted that: “in the spring, the BBC’s Money Programme
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Jersey passes law allowing ‘sham’ trusts for use by tax evaders
I have always had a considerable problem with the concept of trusts, even as a practicing tax accountant. But I have much more of a
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What is happening in the Isle of Man?
A curious tale is unfolding in the Isle of Man. It passed its new tax legislation that, among other things introduces a 0% corporation tax
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