The Observer highlighted a curious story today: 100 of the world’s biggest multinationals help [Jersey] zoo look after its rare birds, insects and giant mammals
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Sir Mike Rake has been appointed a board director at Barclays. They suit each other: he headed a firm heavily tainted by offshore and scandal.
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The FT’s editorial today rubbishes the claims of those who say that non-doms are queueing up to leave the UK. It says Tax advisers are
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The Guardian reports that: Gordon Brown plans to harness at least 20 of the world’s biggest multinational companies, including Google and Vodafone, to tackle a
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A strange press release arrived in my in-box last night from one of the national papers (and not the usual suspects). The sender thought I
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Richard Hay of London lawyers Stikeman Elliot has been in Jersey offering more of his well known opinion, which is always strongly pro-tax havens. As
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My blog entitled The Crown Protectorates – Open for Money Laundering was reposted on the Is This Jersey? web site. They often are. And, as
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Accountancy Age report that: The International Federation of Accountants (IFAC) has released a policy position on professional regulation of the accountancy profession, stating professional accountancy
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A Bill for a new Act of Parliament was tabled in the UK this week. It’s called the ‘Disqualification from Parliament (Taxation Status) Bill’ and
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