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first look at the papers over on the BBC News Channel, but now on BBC | :00:00. | 3:59:59 | |
Nearly ?2 milion is owed to One, it's | :00:00. | :00:14. | |
Nearly ?2 milion is owed to Guernsey's income tax office. It's | :00:15. | :00:18. | |
because thousands of people have failed to complete their tax return, | :00:19. | :00:23. | |
despite receiving reminders. And as Mike Wilkins reports, penalties of | :00:24. | :00:26. | |
?10 a day have been imposed on islanders who've failed to submit | :00:27. | :00:29. | |
their forms in time. The taxman's watching, and this week | :00:30. | :00:32. | |
almost 3,500 people will receive letters informing them that they've | :00:33. | :00:35. | |
been fined for failing to submit a tax return for 2012. The deadline | :00:36. | :00:41. | |
was in November when reminders were sent out to almost 20,000 islanders. | :00:42. | :00:44. | |
Some people have returned their forms since but are still liable for | :00:45. | :00:49. | |
a penalty. It leaves the income tax office with what is describes as "a | :00:50. | :00:53. | |
hardcore" of 2,000 people who still haven't submitted their return. It | :00:54. | :01:05. | |
is wasteful of public resources and it is not fair to those who pay on | :01:06. | :01:10. | |
time. We encourage them to get in touch with us if they have any | :01:11. | :01:21. | |
difficulties. We have had lots of feedback and social media. `` and | :01:22. | :01:26. | |
social media. We would ask people to be patient | :01:27. | :01:56. | |
and keep trying, and they will get through. If you have written and not | :01:57. | :02:03. | |
received an answer, please be patient, we are busy and we receive | :02:04. | :02:06. | |
a lot of correspondence and we will respond to you. The tax office is | :02:07. | :02:11. | |
partly a victim of its own success. Its workload has increased because | :02:12. | :02:14. | |
computers are now being used to issue automatic penalties, which has | :02:15. | :02:17. | |
meant fewer people slipping through the net. So now it's not just a case | :02:18. | :02:21. | |
of the taxman watching, his computers are as well. | :02:22. | :02:26. | |
Jersey's finance companies are being asked to freeze any accounts of 21 | :02:27. | :02:29. | |
Ukrainian and Russian officials if they're held in the island. They've | :02:30. | :02:36. | |
been identified by the European Union as being responsible for | :02:37. | :02:39. | |
trying to undermine and threaten the independence of Ukraine. The | :02:40. | :02:41. | |
sanctions come into effect today. Channel Islanders who own property | :02:42. | :02:45. | |
in the UK could have to pay capital gains tax from 2015. It was one | :02:46. | :02:48. | |
proposal announced in the UK Budget today. The Chancellor also made it | :02:49. | :02:52. | |
clear clamping down on tax avoidance was a key priority. One tax director | :02:53. | :02:56. | |
in Guernsey told the BBC there was not as much substance as the | :02:57. | :03:04. | |
industry expected. We were actually surprised at how little there was on | :03:05. | :03:08. | |
the tax evasion agenda. It is fair to say a lot has been said over the | :03:09. | :03:13. | |
last year anyway. We have expected there to be comments on how much | :03:14. | :03:16. | |
money had been raised by the disclosure facilities for `` but | :03:17. | :03:23. | |
that was completely absent, maybe because not much money has been | :03:24. | :03:28. | |
raised from that. There's a possibility Servisair baggage | :03:29. | :03:30. | |
handlers at Jersey Airport could strike over Easter. They're unhappy | :03:31. | :03:34. | |
their hours could be cut after Blue Islands handed it's baggage handling | :03:35. | :03:37. | |
over to Aurigny. This Friday around 25 Unite union members will be | :03:38. | :03:39. | |
balloted about taking industrial action. Jersey Airport say they've | :03:40. | :03:43. | |
been assured if there is a strike, disruption to passengers would be | :03:44. | :03:45. | |
minimal. Guernsey's Chief Minister's revealed | :03:46. | :03:48. | |
who he thinks should fill the two vacant spots on the Island's Policy | :03:49. | :03:58. | |
Council. Deputy Jonathan Le Tocq wants the Deputy Chief Minister job | :03:59. | :04:02. | |
to go to Allister Langlois and he's nominating Peter Gillson to be the | :04:03. | :04:05. | |
Home Minister. The election takes place next week. | :04:06. | :04:07. | |
The States`owned company that's developing part of Jersey's | :04:08. | :04:09. | |
Esplanade won't need approval from politicians as well as planners for | :04:10. | :04:12. | |
its proposals for an International Finance Centre. The government's | :04:13. | :04:15. | |
rejected a proposition to delay the project after senior ministers | :04:16. | :04:17. | |
warned disruption would risk Jersey's financial future. Jen Smith | :04:18. | :04:19. | |
reports. These three major office | :04:20. | :04:24. | |
developments are planned for Jersey. J1 was given the green light in | :04:25. | :04:28. | |
2011, the second phase of the Jersey International Finance Centre was | :04:29. | :04:31. | |
approved in January and two weeks ago, Dandara's development was | :04:32. | :04:33. | |
allowed. But now there's unease over the changing face of Jersey's | :04:34. | :04:38. | |
Esplanade. Especially over the use of taxpayer's money for this | :04:39. | :04:41. | |
project. The government is lending money to the States of Jersey | :04:42. | :04:44. | |
Development company, the firm behind the plan. Some politicians felt this | :04:45. | :04:51. | |
needed an extra layer of scrutiny. It is public money but it is about | :04:52. | :04:55. | |
accountability as well, and it is not just for the Treasury to give to | :04:56. | :04:59. | |
a development company, it is a community thing, and questions | :05:00. | :05:07. | |
should be asked, and not answered with fancy booklets or slick | :05:08. | :05:10. | |
presentations. Senator Breckon's proposition would have seen the | :05:11. | :05:13. | |
States of Jersey Development Company need politicians' approval before | :05:14. | :05:16. | |
changing any of its plans for this project` even before planning | :05:17. | :05:19. | |
official got to see them. Some say it would have been a step too far. | :05:20. | :05:27. | |
There is a potential for the building and we really need to move | :05:28. | :05:32. | |
ahead. It is about confidence in the local economy, and to delay at the | :05:33. | :05:36. | |
11th hour with tenant out eight negative message about doing | :05:37. | :05:42. | |
business in Jersey. Jersey's Chief Minister supports the development, | :05:43. | :05:45. | |
but others remain concerned. They knew this amendment was unlikely to | :05:46. | :05:48. | |
go through` but wanted to make a point. I think we should enable | :05:49. | :05:53. | |
development. That is where we should be and that is where we should have | :05:54. | :05:58. | |
been five years ago. Somebody said the debate has come to years too | :05:59. | :06:06. | |
late, probably right. It remains to be seen what happens next. Now the | :06:07. | :06:11. | |
States of Jersey Development Company is free to get on with its plans to | :06:12. | :06:14. | |
add to Jersey's new office developments. More than half a | :06:15. | :06:16. | |
million square feet of it. Now it is time for a look at the | :06:17. | :06:30. | |
local forecast. Good evening. We have got some rain and the forecast | :06:31. | :06:40. | |
for tomorrow. Let's look at the detail. First of all, what is | :06:41. | :06:44. | |
happening tonight, we have some clear sky, but gradually the cloud | :06:45. | :06:49. | |
amount will increase, for a time at least. By the morning there is a | :06:50. | :06:52. | |
chance we will wake up to some sunny spells. The cloud band is not | :06:53. | :06:57. | |
extensive enough to completely cover the skies. By the time we get to the | :06:58. | :07:02. | |
end of the morning, the cloud is in, and as we move through the | :07:03. | :07:06. | |
afternoon, the cloud becomes quite extensive, enough to produce some | :07:07. | :07:11. | |
outbreaks of rain. 11 or 12 degrees, the top temperature, but | :07:12. | :07:15. | |
windy. We've steadily increasing throughout the day. It fairly | :07:16. | :07:21. | |
unsettled picture. By Sunday, temperatures just eight degrees. | :07:22. | :07:28. | |
Also, showers dotted around. I will leave you with a summary. Good | :07:29. | :07:29. | |
night. night it will be heavy in places. | :07:30. | :07:33. | |
This is the outlook: Bright enough for Friday and the weekend but much | :07:34. | :07:36. | |
colder and some of the showers could have a wintry nature. | :07:37. | :07:52. | |
Cloud coming in from the Atlantic. When it moves through we will get | :07:53. | :08:00. | |
cooler conditions with lively showers. But mild overnight with the | :08:01. | :08:04. | |
south-westerly breeze dragging cloud across England and Wales. As you can | :08:05. | :08:12. | |
see the heaviest rain and strongest winds overnight are confined to | :08:13. | :08:15. | |
Scotland and northern Ireland. Wet and windy here but it is an mild | :08:16. | :08:19. | |
night with the cloud cover and breeze. But, a miserable start to | :08:20. | :08:25. | |
the day in Scotland. Wet and windy, gusty wind through the central | :08:26. | :08:31. | |
lowlands in the morning. Up to 60 miles an hour and maybe more than | :08:32. | :08:34. | |
that over some of the hills. Not pleasant in the morning rush-hour | :08:35. | :08:36. | |
and not pleasant in Northern | :08:37. | :08:37. |