Talk:Economy of Gibraltar
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[edit] The Economy of Gibraltar
The idea of this page is to give an overview of the gibraltar economy, including statistical information, and Tax data.
Perhaps someone experienced in Wiki layout could assist in defining the style so its consistent.
I have commissioned an article describing the economy and the tax regime by a leading accounting professional as the latter is particularly missunderstood. These will be added as soon as they are available. In the meantime the inclusion of propaganda is not productive.--212.120.227.126 15:34, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Planned tax haven end at 2010
Can someone translate and confirm this unreferenced paragraph found at http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibraltar:
- En la actualidad, se encuentra en marcha un proceso que terminará con la total eliminacion de este sistema financiero en 2010. En efecto, el 18 de febrero de 2005, el gobierno británico aceptó la recomendación de la Comisaria de la Competencia de abolir para finales del 2010 el régimen fiscal exento gibraltareño.
It tranlates roughly as 'Spanish rubbish'
Gibraltar is not a tax haven. The present system of tax exempt companies is being phased out and replaced with a new system which is being agreed with the EU. The purpose of Wikipedia is to describe the present not to predict the future, so any inclusion or discussion of this is best left until it happens.
Given that you are competent in both languages, quite why you need a translation is mystery.
The best thing is to remove it from the Spanish wikipedia.--Gibnews 08:55, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
- It seems to me that a statement about an ongoing process is a description of the present. Any compelling reason why it should be removed from the Spanish Wikipedia? Pablodiazgutierrez 10:40, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
- Its basically wrong and makes the assumption that the UK Government is responsible for the tax regime in Gibraltar, which it is not. --Gibnews 17:57, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Casinos and Online Gaming Industry
There should be a mention on this, given the constant growth of this sector. IMHO, the article looks more like a list than a comprehensive text. Maybe a "To Do" for the future, I would say. --Asterion talk to me 20:20, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
The guy writing about 'the economy of Gibralrar' has failed to deliver, but will source a fully comprehensive article in due course. The online sector is indeed doing well, and producing the first Gibraltar billionaires - not me though.--Gibnews 20:31, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Ethnic differences
In the context of Gibraltar its hard to say there is a category called 'White people' Although there are certainly identifiable Indians, and Moroccans. There are much whiter asians in the UK than the average Gibraltarian and locally racial origin is not exactly a big deal. --Gibnews 09:30, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Stats
I reverted all the data on ethnic earnings, as someone has spent a lot of time adding it and it was referenced to the GoG website, if not explicitly, its probably better to improve that rather than just zapping someones efforts as it took him a lot of goes to get the formatting right.
Probably better to change it to GBP rather than the £ sign. I'll pick up the latest Government statistics and use them to check everything and source the info.
--Gibnews 11:45, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
