Thread: Tax dodging and tax havens. enough.

Originally Posted by John Connor

In case you and the Guardian hadn't noticed, the Isle of Man isn't in the UK or the EU. It's a completely separate country and as such can tax its inhabitants at whatever rate it wants to.

Exactly, the UK does not have jurisdiction over the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man.

Originally Posted by Eurosceptic Atlanticist

Exactly, the UK does not have jurisdiction over the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man.

Given that the Channel Islands are the last remaining parts of the Duchy of Normandy whose Duke conquered England in 1066 in theory their rulers should be the rulers of the UK

Originally Posted by The Bear

Then why is it that the UK is paying so much of UK tax payers money TO the IOM and why is it that there is nota hell of a lot more being done to prevent the tax dodgers from the UK making use of the place?

It's time that this sort of thing was attacked.

What are you going to do, send the Navy? I don't know why we send them financial support - you could always ask, I expect it's because it's a Crown dependency.

The IoM do pay other things back - for example, despite not being part of the UK they still have to pay the TV licence fee.

Originally Posted by g hall

Given that the Channel Islands are the last remaining parts of the Duchy of Normandy whose Duke conquered England in 1066 in theory their rulers should be the rulers of the UK

We still retain sovereignty, this is quite interesting:

Originally Posted by WIkipedia

Acts of the British Parliament do not usually apply to the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, unless explicitly stated, and even this is increasingly rare. When deemed advisable, Acts of Parliament may be extended to the Islands by means of an 'Order in Council', and normally the agreement of their administrations would be sought first. An example of this was the Television Act 1954, which was extended to the Channel Islands, so as to create a local ITV franchise, known as Channel Television.

Westminster retains the right to legislate for the Islands against their will as a last resort, but this is also rarely exercised, and may according to legal opinion from the Attorney-General of Jersey have fallen into desuetude — although this argument was not accepted by the Department for Constitutional Affairs (The Marine & Etc, Broadcasting (Offences) Act 1967 was one recent piece of legislation extended to the Isle of Man against the wishes of the Manx Parliament).

The States of Jersey Law 2005 established that all Acts of the United Kingdom and Orders in Council are to be referred to the States, and gave greater freedom of action to Jersey in international affairs.

Crown dependency - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Easy answer The Bear.
REDUCE taxes and Tax Haven's do not look so attractive.
The government of the Irish Republic reduced Coporation Tax to 40% recently and now that country's economy is booming.
If you care to look at low tax countries the incidence of tax avoidance is lower in most cases.

Higher taxes on earned income coupled with higher duties on fuel/alcohol and tobacco do not create a feeling of happiness and well being.
Britain powered the Industrial Revolution without taxes and created a large and wealthy empire. Corporation Tax/VAT/Advanced Corporation Tax/Fuel Tax/Council Tax/Income Tax/Petroleum Revenue Tax/ Alcohol Tax/Tobacco Tax/Road Tax/New Car Registration Tax/Unearned Income Tax/Cash limits on ISA's etc.etc.
Is it any surprise that wealthy individuals seek ways to maximise their income and/or savings?
"Squeezing the rich until the pips squeak" was,and is,a no brainer.