{"id":10710,"date":"2011-06-27T10:07:48","date_gmt":"2011-06-27T09:07:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/?p=10710"},"modified":"2011-06-27T17:18:11","modified_gmt":"2011-06-27T16:18:11","slug":"note-to-jersey-the-eu-has-not-given-any-hint-of-approval-of-your-tax-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2011\/06\/27\/note-to-jersey-the-eu-has-not-given-any-hint-of-approval-of-your-tax-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Note to Jersey: the EU has not given any hint of approval of your tax system"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Jersey Evening Post is reporting that the EU has<\/a> given:<\/span><\/p>\n

The strongest sign yet that the Island\u2019s controversial zero-ten business tax regime is to be cleared by Europe.<\/p>\n

The tax package took huge a step forward as a result of the outcome of a meeting of finance ministers of the 27 member states.<\/p>\n

The European ministers issued a statement welcoming moves by the Island authorities to change aspects of the structure which are considered \u2018harmful\u2019.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

To be as kind as I can be to the JEP that is complete and utter nonsense. The EU press release\u00a0actually\u00a0said:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cJersey [has] informed the Group about the proposed legislative amendments to [its] legislation, with a view to removing any harmful elements. The Group welcomed these developments and agreed to review such legislative amendments when discussing the rollback of these harmful regimes under the Polish presidency.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Which is diplomatic speak for:<\/p>\n

We have your letter and will\u00a0consider\u00a0it later.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

To claim any more than that is just absurd and shows how incompetent those dealing with this issue in jersey are.<\/span><\/p>\n

They've clung to straws before. This time they're clinging to threads.<\/p>\n

And to make the point abundantly clear: what the EU is actually saying is Jersey's tax system was considered harmful and will remain so until the EU say otherwise.<\/span><\/p>\n

That's the true state of play \u00a0- and that's\u00a0exactly\u00a0as I've always said\u00a0things\u00a0are, however Senator Ozouf wants to spin\u00a0things.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Jersey Evening Post is reporting that the EU has given: The strongest sign yet that the Island\u2019s controversial zero-ten business tax regime is to
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