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READER LETTER: The effect of GST on the Guernsey Insurance Fund

Dear Sir, An extremely important aspect of the Tax Reform Paper has been entirely forgotten (or ignored) by those who should know better, namely the effect of the proposed reforms on the position of the Guernsey Insurance Fund. The Guernsey…

READER LETTER: GST could make snail mail move at a snail’s pace

Dear Sir, The GST debate is soon to be re-opened, for the forthcoming resumption of debate has set my mind to thinking about the potential for unforeseen problems. I’ve identified something that we as an island community will suffer in the event of the implementation of this new form of taxation. Guernsey is an island…

P&R’s new transparency is refreshing… but questions still remain over GST modelling

For months, Express has been asking P&R questions about its tax package and the modelling behind them. Who built it? What data does it use? What assumptions have been made? Who has seen it? And, perhaps most importantly, can anyone outside the small group working on it actually check the numbers? For much of that time, the…