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Chief minister dismisses tax haven list as 'irrelevant'

Ard shirveishagh cur ersooyl rolley pargys-keesh myr 'neu-ventynagh'

Howard Quayle cur freggyrt da oardaghey yn Ellan er y gherrid

Ta ayndagh er y gherrid liorish y Voggyl Cairys Keesh 'neu-ventynagh' rere yn ard shirveishagh.

Ta Howard Quayle er chur freggyrt da'n rolley, ren oardaghey Ellan Vannin 'sy 17oo ynnyd mastey pargyssyn-keesh smoo 'baggyrtagh' yn theihll.

Ta'n Ayndagh Pargys-Keesh Co-chorpagh goardaghey 64 lughtyn-reill er-lheh rere y scansh oc da co-chorpyn multi-ashoonagh, as rere wheesh as t'ad 'crimmey' cheet-stiagh y cheesh jeh cheeraghyn elley mygeayrt y theihll.

Agh ta Mnr Quayle gra dy vel cur geill erbee da'n rolley jannoo aggair da'n Ellan.

AS HOWARD QUAYLE : Ta'n oardaghey shoh neu-ventynagh. Dy bunnidagh, cha nee sheshaght eddyr-ashoonagh ee. Ta shinyn cur geill da sheshaghtyn ta madyral feie-magh yn chruinney, gollrish yn OECD [Office for Economic Co-operation and Development : RTCL - Reagheydys ry-hoi Co-obbraghey Tarmaynys as Lhiasaghey]. As my vees oo jeeaghyn er yn RTCL, ta Ellan Vannin er n'gholl trooid daa hess, daa vout, jeh'n forum dowanagh oc er baghtalys keesh, as ta shin fer jeh veg agh queig lughtyn-reill dy ve lane-viallagh dagh bout, as er-lhiam dy vel shin fer ass hoght dy ve lane-viallagh son y nah, son y nah vout ynrican.  Myr shen, shen dooys yn oardaghey ta madyral.
 

Howard Quayle responds to recent Island ranking

A recent index by the Tax Justice Network is 'irrelevant' according to the chief minister.

Howard Quayle has responded to the list, which ranked the Isle of Man 17th in the world's most 'aggressive' tax havens.

The Corporate Tax Haven Index ranks 64 different jurisdictions by their importance to multinational corporations, and by how much they 'erode' the tax revenues of other countries around the world.

However Mr Quayle says taking notice of the list at all, does the Island a disservice:
 

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