Guernsey woos US

Offshore jurisdictions such as Guernsey have recently been branded "tax havens" by President Obama who has vowed to crack down on tax evasion and avoidance by US Multinational companies. Trott led a delegation to Washington to build on Guernsey's OECD "white listing" and reinforce the island's credentials as a transparent and co-operative low-tax jurisdiction though over a dozen meetings with senior council to Democrat and Republican senators. These included meetings with representatives from the Senate Finance Committee, the Joint Committee on Taxation, the Multistate Tax Commission an...