Jersey begins the new year with discussion on whether the rich should have their tax liabilities in the Island capped. This follows on from moves
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Toynbee – spot on
Polly Toynbee has a new year’s wish in the Guardian today. Amongst them this: ¬? Create a standing tax commission to expose who pays what
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Vantis – another name for the hall of shame?
The Sunday Times broke the news on Sunday that: [HM Revenue & Customs] investigators have raided the homes of executives at a top City accountancy
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Norway hits corruption hard
The foreign and finance ministries of Norway have combined to tackle corruption. It’s worth looking at their web site to understand the significance of this.
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All Jersey trusts are grantor trusts in US law – or so it seems
A lawyer with some sympathy for what is argued here sent me the following, which comes from the IRS in the USA: Q: Who is
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Where are the accountants on Goldman Sachs
Condemnation of the level of bonuses being paid in the City this year has been almost universal. When the daily Telegraph in the UK and
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Anti-avoidance legislation
Last week TJN-UK published a press release on research undertaken on its behalf by Richard Lupson-Darnell. The background note on that research has been published
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Gordon Brown should be ashamed of himself
Reports suggest (and I’ve no reason to doubt them) that the Labour Party has sold a property using a stamp duty avoidance scheme. Gordon Brown
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Time for KPMG to smell the coffee
The Jersey Evening Post (whose web site is so bad I won’t link to it) has published a story today in which it reports that:
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