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Quayle surprised at Dutch blacklisting

Island named with 20 other jurisdictions

The Chief Minister Howard Quayle has expressed surprise that the Isle of Man is included on a Dutch government blacklist.

The Ministry of Finance in the Netherlands has named 21 low-tax jurisdictions as part of a move against tax avoidance.

Jersey and Guernsey are also included but the Caribbean island of Curaçao - a constituent country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands - isn't.

Howard Quayle has given Manx Radio this reaction to the news:

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