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  • Offshore Haven Considers a Heresy: Taxation (Are the Cayman Islands Broke ?)

    10/17/2009 10:03:40 AM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 6 replies · 561+ views
    New York Times ^ | 10/17/2009 | Landon Thomas Jr.
    GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands — What happens to a tax haven when it has to raise taxes? The Cayman Islands may soon find out. Caught in a vise of shrinking revenue and stubbornly high public spending, the Caymans averted a fiscal crisis this week by securing a $60 million overseas loan. But the Foreign and Commonwealth office in Britain, which oversees the Caymans and can veto foreign lending requests, has delivered an ultimatum: The rest of the $284 million the Cayman government says it needs will not be forthcoming until this offshore financial center imposes spending cuts and considers some...