A backlash against the economic insecurity caused by globalisation is looming in the west unless governments tackle growing inequality by raising taxes on the rich,
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Some interesting feedback on yesterday’s Jersey story. One person thought I was being unfair about the JEP’s website until he looked at it. Then he
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China has realised that tax evasion has a direct cost on ordinary people. The China Daily reported today that: Cutting taxes for low-income earners and
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Interesting to note that the FT reports the following this morning: Man Group’s US brokerage has told a US court that a subsidiary of UBS,
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Word has leaked that the Tax Justice Network is working on a draft Code of Conduct for Taxation. As Finance Director put it: The Tax
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I found the following on the web pages of Mutual Trust: The tax authorities of the major industrial nations have become more sophisticated and their
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I’ve heard rumour that Tescos.com is going to Switzerland. The reason is simple. It’s being thrown out of Jersey who are trying to clean up
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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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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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