For Pete's Sark! Guernsey demands removal from EU tax haven blacklist

Channel island claims inclusion is in error because Brussels miscounted the required 10 nominations by wrongly including one for neighbouring Sark

Guernsey has written to the European commission demanding to be removed from a blacklist of the worst international tax havens– as nominated by EU member states.

Chief minister Jonathan Le Tocq said he was “astonished” to learn that Guernsey had appeared on the list, alongside the Cayman Islands, Bermuda and the British Virgin Islands. In a letter to the commission, Le Tocq demanded a recount.