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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No, no, no
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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There are lies, d***ed lies and some in the offshore financial services industry
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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No regulation with self interest
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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No representation without tax
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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Banking in the name of charity
Worth reading the Guardian’s letters on bank’s abuse of charity. PS I gather I’m in the Guardian’s letters of the year compendium. Better get a
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Is my email jinxed?
Earlier this week I noted that I could not get emails into the One World Trust. This morning I made my first submission to the
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Income shifting – the Treasury misses the point, again
The Treasury has published its proposals for tackling income shifting following HM Revenue & Customs’ loss in the House of Lords in the Arctic Systems
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UK Tax Amnesty raises £400 million – so far
The Times has reported that: HM Revenue & Customs has clawed back £400 million from people with offshore bank accounts after it granted a partial
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