Newsbot Posted May 8, 2009 Share Posted May 8, 2009 The Isle of Man signs a tax agreement with a 15th country as part of its drive to throw of its "tax haven" label. Source : http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/...man/8040263.stm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluemonday Posted May 8, 2009 Share Posted May 8, 2009 Hurrah! *Throws hat in the air* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terse Posted May 8, 2009 Share Posted May 8, 2009 Hurrah!*Throws hat in the air* *Hat caught and eaten by flying pig* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluemonday Posted May 8, 2009 Share Posted May 8, 2009 Damn those flying pigs I blame genetic engineering and the growing trend towards unrealistic career choices amongst the porcine population. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mutley Posted May 8, 2009 Share Posted May 8, 2009 Hurrah! Meanwhile all the business goes to Luxembourg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbms Posted May 8, 2009 Share Posted May 8, 2009 But look who it is with, Estonia, a corrupt old eastern block nation, these agreements mean we openly allow the home nation of a foreign national banking here to access his accounts but also make any other nation wanting to check him out have to go through his home nation only and not us, this in effect means all an Estonian has to do is bribe an official in Estonia which is all too easy to prevent the good ol US of A etc from checking him out as they then cannot do it via us due to this agreement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesultanofsheight Posted May 8, 2009 Share Posted May 8, 2009 But look who it is with, Estonia, a corrupt old eastern block nation, these agreements mean we openly allow the home nation of a foreign national banking here to access his accounts but also make any other nation wanting to check him out have to go through his home nation only and not us, this in effect means all an Estonian has to do is bribe an official in Estonia which is all too easy to prevent the good ol US of A etc from checking him out as they then cannot do it via us due to this agreement. But we need more and more of these things to meet our international "obligations". If I was in government I'd be hunting down the shittiest countries on earth who'll sign one at the drop of a hat just so we can say we've signed 15 or 20 or 25 as we've been asked to do. I hear Albania is next with Norman Wisdom acting as intermediary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manxy Posted May 9, 2009 Share Posted May 9, 2009 The Isle of Man signs a tax agreement with a 15th country as part of its drive to throw of its "tax haven" label. Source : http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/...man/8040263.stm How many more nations to go now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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