Willem Buiter writing for the FT says: There is the need and opportunity to close down all tax havens and regulatory havens.  Tax havens are
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Swiss banking secrecy is being challenged again, this time in the United States.. Quite right too. The argument that it had anything to do with
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I upgraded my blog software last night I am having considerable problems as a result With a little help I hope normal appearance posting will
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From Accounting Web: The AccountingWEB.co.uk blog round-up: Who to watch – 26 Feb 2009. The blogs to watch

The Irish rocker Bono is unhappy about being criticised for moving his tax affairs (along with those of his fellow band members) to the Netherlands
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I’ve noted this: The EU Commission has today confirmed proposals which would exempt businesses from financial reporting rules, if they meet two of the following
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These are my links for February 25th through February 26th:

• Dan Roberts: RBS: nationalisation in all but name | – When it walks like a dying duck and quacks like a dying duck, it's time to hand around the orange sauce. In the case of Royal Bank of Scotland, the latest rescue plan cooked up by the government this morning has the distinctive charred smell of full nationalisation.

  The lengths that ministers have gone to to avoid facing this harsh reality are extraordinary. A whole new class of funny money has been invented to disguise the fact that the taxpayer is close to owning 95% of RBS and has virtually open-ended exposure to all its worst liabilities

• Tax Justice Network: Dear Evan Davis – are journalists doing enough to warn people of impending problems? – Up to the challenge Evan?
• FT.com / Companies / Banks – Luxembourg attacks UBS over Madoff fund – One thing that causes me a lot of pleasure is tax havens blaming each other's lax regulation

  It's always nice when they make my case for me

• FT.com / UK / Business – State to insure £300bn of RBS assets – And still we say it's not under state control

  Come on – let's be open, transparent and honest. Isn't that the mood of the moment?

  RBS is nationalised.

  Now let's treat it as such – and close down its tax haven operations for starters

• Larry Elliott: Japan's trade figures signal depression | – "Anybody who doubts that the global economy is facing its most serious downturn since the 1930s should take a squint at the latest trade figures from Japan. Exports in January were 46% lower in January than they were a year ago – a phenomenal drop for a country that is so heavily dependent on sales of its industrial products overseas."

  It's going to be a long time before that fat lady sings

I draw attention to the previous post. And then I’ll mention that I was on BBC Radio Jersey this morning – the second time in
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INVITATION TO A PUBLIC SEMINARon Thursday 12th March, 2009 – 6,45pmLOCATION: St. Paul’s Centre, Dumaresq Street, St. Helier (Upper Hall), JerseyOffshore financial centres: past, present,
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