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• Title:	Listing of all Andium properties and rents payable on their website
  Question type:	Oral
  Asked by:	Judy Martin
  Answered by:	Minister for Treasury and Resources
  Question date:	19/01/2016
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  Can the Minister advise why Andium Homes do not list all properties and rents payable on their … I thank Deputy Tadier for bringing that to my attention as well and it is certainly …

• Title:	Estimate of the GST paid in relation to the charitable gift vouchers given to people aged over 70 every Christmas
  Question type:	Oral
  Asked by:	Judy Martin
  Answered by:	Minister for Treasury and Resources
  Question date:	19/01/2016
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  Can the Minister provide an estimate of how much G.S.T. (Goods and Services Tax) is provided to the Treasury as a result of Islanders, aged over 70, redeeming the … Deputy M. Tadier …

• Title:	(9406) Provision of support to Islanders in the poorest quintile of society
  Question type:	Oral
  Asked by:	Sam Mézec
  Answered by:	Minister for Treasury and Resources
  Question date:	26/04/2016
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  Why has the Minister not asked for the substantial States underspend of last year to be redirected towards providing support to those Islanders in the poorest quintile of Jersey …

• Title:	9595 The Jersey taxation system
  Question type:	Oral
  Asked by:	Mike Higgins
  Answered by:	Minister for Treasury and Resources
  Question date:	26/09/2016
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  Deputy M.R. Higgins of St. Helier of the Minister for Treasury and Resources regarding the Jersey taxation system … In what ways is the Jersey … 3.1.4 Deputy M. Tadier of St. Brelade …

• Title:	Effect on economic growth of plans to increase taxes on middle earners
  Question type:	Oral
  Asked by:	Sam Mézec
  Answered by:	Minister for Treasury and Resources
  Question date:	23/02/2016
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  What impact assessment, if any, has been carried out to predict the effect on economic growth of the Council of Minister’s plans to increase taxes on middle earners to raise over …

• Title:	Funding the projected cost of the new hospital
  Question type:	Oral
  Asked by:	Geoffrey Southern
  Answered by:	Minister for Treasury and Resources
  Question date:	23/02/2016
  Reference:

  Will the Minister inform Members how he proposes to fund the projected cost of the new hospital and clearly account for the difference in costs of the 5 options under …

• Title:	Instructions given to Andium Homes following the approval of P.78 of 2015 La Collette Low Rise protection of open space
  Question type:	Oral
  Asked by:	Christopher Taylor
  Answered by:	Minister for Treasury and Resources
  Question date:	02/02/2016
  Reference:

  Following the adoption by the States of P.78/2015 - La Collette Low Rise: protection of open space - can the Minister confirm how and when he instructed Andium Homes of the …

• Title:	9696 'Tax gap’ and measures to combat practices contributing towards tax avoidance
  Question type:	Oral
  Asked by:	Geoffrey Southern
  Answered by:	Minister for Treasury and Resources
  Question date:	01/11/2016
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  Will the Minister list the mechanisms that may be used to contribute to the tax gap between tax revenue expected and that produced from business and personal taxation …

• Title:	(9371) Recent negotiations for the partial sale of JT
  Question type:	Oral
  Asked by:	Andrew Lewis
  Answered by:	Minister for Treasury and Resources
  Question date:	12/04/2016
  Reference:

  Further to the breakdown of recent negotiations for the partial sale of J.T. (Jersey Telecom), would the Minister, as shareholder representative, advise what plans, if any, are …

• Title:	(9399) Revenues from the tax amnesties
  Question type:	Oral
  Asked by:	Montfort Tadier
  Answered by:	Minister for Treasury and Resources
  Question date:	26/04/2016
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  3.3 Deputy M. Tadier of the Minister for Treasury and Resources regarding revenues from … Will the Minister provide a breakdown of the sources of the additional £1.4 million in tax …

• Title:	(9558) The liability of non-resident property owners to pay Jersey tax
  Question type:	Oral
  Asked by:	David Johnson
  Answered by:	Minister for Treasury and Resources
  Question date:	12/07/2016
  Reference:

  Will the Minister consider introducing measures whereby non-residents who own property in the Island which is not let will be liable to pay Jersey tax on the notional rent that …

• Title:	9602 Income inequality in Jersey since 2008
  Question type:	Oral
  Asked by:	Montfort Tadier
  Answered by:	Minister for Treasury and Resources
  Question date:	13/09/2016
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  4.3 Deputy M. Tadier of the Minister for Treasury and Resources regarding income … Will the Minister confirm whether or not income inequality in Jersey has worsened since 2008 and …