As readers of this blog will be aware, I take an interest in the economic and taxation affairs of Jersey. That’s partly because I advised
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Land tax
I’ve never been convinced that land taxation is the ultimate solution to the taxation problem, although I am aware of the Georgist view. But I
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The Economist on flat tax
A surprisingly well balanced review of the current state of flat taxes is to be found in last week’s Economist. It concludes: On balance, it
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Tax evasion could be tackled
The attack on the on-line gaming industry is intensifying. Those who made fortunes from creating it are being targeted in the US. Which proves that
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Jersey – lying again
The Jersey Economic Development Plan 2007 is published by the Minister for Economic Development. It says on page 12 that the values underpinning the plan
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Suppliers of corruption services
The Tax Justice Network talks about ‘the suppliers of corruption services’ quite often. These are the apparently respectable people who provide the means for people
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Accounting for tax
In the USA the Federal Accounting Standards Board has ruled that its publication FIN48 will apply to all accounts beginning after 15 December 2006. That’s
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Laffer fails again
President Bush’s magic bullet for the US economy was tax cuts. He gave them to the richest in society, because as his advisers tell him,
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Barclays plundering Africa
It’s fertile territory for tax in Kenya right now. As my previous entry showed, the Kenyan tax system is assisting some Kenyans to get very
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