The EU has this afternoon issued deeply disappointing new guidance on the laws it expects member states to put in place to tackle tax evasion and money
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Jersey agrees that a new European Union Savings Tax Directive is inevitable – and it will have to comply
I’ve already noted this morning that Jersey has conceded that the UK has all the power in its relationship with the USA over FATCA. It
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If the day of the rogue accountant and lawyer is over soon we should all celebrate
The FT has reported this morning: Middle-class professionals are to be targeted in a new crackdown on tax evasion promised by the chief prosecutor of
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The time to end tax haven secrecy is now
The Guardian has reported this morning that: Britain’s most successful serial confidence trickster, Achilleas Kallakis, faces up to 10 years in jail after being found
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Could Austria and Luxembourg be forced to abolish bank secrecy?
Some interesting legal developments appear to be underway which suggest that Luxembourg and Austria may be forced to abandon banking secrecy. From Le Temps: Austria and
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It’s time for Cameron to take on the UK’s tax havens but will he when that’s where his father made his wealth?
I’ve just noticed yesterday’s editorial in the Independent. Building on David Cameron’s comments on tax avoidance and the successful proseuction of a Swiss bank for
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Cutting off the Vatican is exactly the right thing to do
The FT notes this morning that: A stand-off between two titans of finance, the Bank of Italy and the Vatican, has forced tourists to abandon
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Benefits fraud: £10bn in nearly a decade. Tax fraud: £70bn a year.
From this morning’s Guardian letter’s page: The secretary of state for work and pensions uses his office to exaggerate the small amount of benefit fraud (Report, 31
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Jersey and Guernsey say no to the UK: I predict a constitutional crisis
Tax News has reported that the Guernsey and Jersey governments have jointly stated: “As communicated last week, officials from Guernsey, Jersey and the Isle of Man
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