Concerns raised over data access at Jersey conference

The Island’s concentrated push in promoting information exchange on request was  praised by Monica Bhatia, Head of the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes at the OECD. Bhatia described Jersey as playing an “important role”  as members of the Global Forum Steering Group in helping to shape global standards. However, conference delegates engaged with the tax avoidance debate asked whether it was possible to effectively differentiate between routine tax planning and aggressive tax avoidance. A number of panellists urged government bodies not to lose ...