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The BVI Data Leak (A Different Perspective)
By Kevin E. Malone
The recent leak of private information detailing individuals who have chosen to do business with companies based in the BVI is troubling at best. Troubling for the fact that it is both illegal and represents a violation of business ethics in the strongest possible terms. It is also, however, a lesson in economic policy that the BVI should pay attention to.
Jenkins: An Oldie—The 'Offshore' Witch Hunt
By HOLMAN W. JENKINS, JR.
(Wall Street Journal)- Anyone collecting similarities between our times and the 1930s might pin a photo of Fabien Albertin to his bulletin board.
The VI knows it’s been beaten by the USA – so it’s turning to the UAE instead
By Richard Murphy, Tax Research UK
The US Foreign Accounts Tax Compliance Act is scaring tax havens around the world, and rightly so. For all practical purposes, the illicit tax haven sector is closed to the vast majority of US business now. But not to be outdone places like the British Virgin Islands are seeking business elsewhere.