There is a flaw in the Biden tax plan that has to be addressed if it's going to work, and that's in the accounting
Friday, April 16th, 2021The tax justice movement is, unsurprisingly, keen on the Biden tax plan. What Biden is proposing is fairly straightforward. First, he is suggesting that a
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It’s time for Jersey to join the international tax community
Tuesday, April 13th, 2021I was interested in this comment in yesterday’s yesterday’s Jersey Evening Post: JERSEY’S zero-ten company taxation system is nearing its ‘sell-by date’ and needs to
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Where is the UK government on Biden's tax plan? Is Johnson intending to come out as the friend of tax havens?
Monday, April 12th, 2021I wrote about the Biden tax plan last week. I mentioned that it might raise an estimated £13.5bn pa for the UK at the weekend. And
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The Counterbalance: Small businesses versus the platforms
Tuesday, March 30th, 2021I am sharing this newsletter from the new project called Counterbalance that is being run by my old friend and colleague JohnChristensen with Nick Shaxson
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Jersey: still rotten to its core
Tuesday, March 16th, 2021I watched the BBC 4 Storyville documentary on the Haut de la Garenne childrens’ home scandal in Jersey last night. The FT has a write
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Membership of a community is not worth it if it requires accommodating what is wrong. The truth is worth so much more
Monday, February 22nd, 2021This comment was posted on the blog over the weekend in response to my comments on Recovery Bonds: You can add the MMT community to
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The Queen of tax havens
Monday, February 8th, 2021It is well known the the UK is the hub of the world’s tax haven network. It’s not just the City of London, of course.
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Jersey says it isn't a tax haven, but there again, every tax haven says that
Thursday, January 28th, 2021I noted a few days ago that the European Parliament has voted to include Jersey on the EU’s tax haven blacklist. That does not add
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It’s time for the EU to get tough on Jersey and Guernsey
Saturday, January 23rd, 2021I was pleased to note this report in the Guardian yesterday: The European parliament is pushing for UK overseas territories including the British Virgin Islands,
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