Jersey (Bailiwick of Jersey)

Jersey Bailiwick of Jersey
Status	Dependency (Crown Dependency)
Sovereignty	UK
Capital	Saint Helier
Land Area
Location	Europe
Groupings	Small Islands
Population
GNI
ISO3166-1 Codes	JE, JEY, 8321
Internet Domain	.je2
Currency	Pound (JEP)3
Telephone	+444

1. Overview
2. Jersey's Responsibility Towards The Environment
3. Jersey's Modernity and Learning
4. Religion and Beliefs
5. Tax Evasion
6. Links

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1. Overview

#jersey

“Jersey and the other Channel Islands represent the last remnants of the medieval Dukedom of Normandy that held sway in both France and England. These islands were the only British soil occupied by German troops in World War II. Jersey is a British crown dependency but is not part of the UK or of the European Union. However, the UK Government is constitutionally responsible for its defense and international representation.”

CIA's The World Factbook (2013)₅

As a territory of the UK I do not have many specific statistics for this territory in its own right.

2. Jersey's Responsibility Towards The Environment

#biodiversity #deforestation #over-exploitation #the_environment

This rank is derived from 1 data sets. Jersey does better than average in terms of its forested percent change 2000-2020₆.

Forest Area Change 2000-2020 Higher is better6
Pos.		Total6
1	Guernsey	82.6%
2	Bahrain	75.2%
3	Iceland	64.7%
	...
123=	Turks & Caicos Islands	0.0%
123=	Lesotho	0.0%
123=	Anguilla	0.0%
123=	Jersey	0.0%
123=	Maldives	0.0%
123=	St Vincent & Grenadines	0.0%
123=	Isle of Man	0.0%
123=	Tokelau	0.0%
	Europe Avg	8.2%
	World Avg	-0.1%
q=234.

3. Jersey's Modernity and Learning

#the_internet

Technology and Information:

IPv6 Uptake Higher is better7
Pos.		2017 Ratio7
1	Belgium	55.4
2	Germany	41.8
3	Switzerland	35.1
	...
66	Puerto Rico	0.2
67	Indonesia	0.2
68	S. Africa	0.1
69	Jersey	0.1
70=	Sudan	0.1
70=	Ukraine	0.1
72	Lithuania	0.1
73	Vanuatu	0.1
	Europe Avg	8.11
	World Avg	3.82
q=176.

4. Religion and Beliefs

The CIA World Factbook states: Protestant (Anglican, Baptist, Congregational New Church, Methodist, Presbyterian), Roman Catholic₈.

Links:

• A List of All Religions and Belief Systems
• Secularisation Theory: Will Modern Society Reject Religion? What is Secularism?

There isn't much information in the database for Jersey, most likely because it is either a part of another country (i.e., a territory or possession) and therefore most international statistics are counted for the country as a whole, or, this is such an exotic place that little data exists about it.

5. Tax Evasion ₉

#bahamas #bermuda #british_virgin_islands #cayman_islands #civilisation #crime #democracy #economics #globalism #governance #indonesia #inequality #internationalism #ireland #malta #mauritius #multinationals #netherlands #panama #tax #tax_evasion #tax_havens #USA

Jersey is a key location where the Apple hid a large portion of its epic wealth from taxmen:

“Apple decided that two of its Irish companies should, with the help of Appleby, claim tax residency in Jersey, one of the largest island shelters with strong links to the U.K. banking system, where Apple´s Irish subsidiaries already held accounts. Jersey is a crown dependency of the United Kingdom, but it makes its own laws, sets its own tax rates and is not subject to most European Union legislation, making it a popular tax haven.”

International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (2020)₁₀

“Civilisation relies upon taxation. Workforces are educated, nations are defended. The rule of law, which makes business possible, is secured through state apparatus. The roads on which logistics rely, the national infrastructure that supports electricity and food suppliers, the judicial system: it is all funded through tax. But not all people pay fair. Billionaires manage to pay just 0% and 0.5% of their wealth in tax, significantly less than all others₁₁. The United Nations say that 46% of the world's wealth is owned by the richest 1% of the population₁₂, and economists think somewhere between 10% and 50% of it all is held in tax havens_10,13, forcing the poor to pay a much higher proportion and causing true damage to democracies and developing countries alike.₁₄

Large multinationals excel at tax evasion by exploiting holes between tax jurisdictions₁₃, by making their accounting artificially complicated₁₅, and by hiding profits in low-tax countries (at a rate of $1 trillion per year)₁₆. Some of the most well-known corporate tax evaders include the tech giants Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Netflix_15,17; Nike₁₀, and, the fashion and textile industry as a whole has produced a long and terrible legacy of using modern-day slave-labour₁₈ in low-tax special economic zones in places like Indonesia₁₉.₂₀

Tax havens can be found in Panama_10,21, the Netherlands_10,22, Malta₁₀, the Cayman Islands_10,21, Guernsey_21,23, Jersey_21,23, the British Virgin Islands_10,23, the USA's states of Delaware, Wyoming, Nevada and South Dakota plus Puerto Rico₂₁; the Isle of Man₂₁, Mauritius₁₀, Bermuda_10,21, the Bahamas₂₁, Ireland₂₄, Luxembourg₂₁, Macao₂₁, Singapore₂₁ and Switzerland₂₁. They support the same financial schemes that also allow organized criminals, drug lords, violent gangs and terrorist groups to launder money.

The complexity of taxes, and the international flows of money, mean that it has moved beyond the ability of any government to fix the problem of tax evasion on its own_25,26,27,13. Co-operation is the only possible way to collect tax from the reluctant wealthy, selfish corporations, and antisocial criminal gangs. Since the late 2010s, a multinational scheme saw banks in over 140 places begin to share banking information to catch tax cheats and "offshore tax evasion has declined by a factor of about three in less than 10 years"₂₈ but still, the rich and powerful manage to pay less than struggling citizens₂₈”

" Tax Evasion" by Vexen Crabtree (2021)