The Isle of Man and the Channel Islands have protested against the Netherlands for including them in its own blacklist of low tax jurisdictions, pointing out the Dutch themselves have attracted criticism in the past for offshore-style taxation policy and profit relocation schemes.

Alfred Cannan, the Manx treasury minister said he was surprised by the move, saying it should have rather been a case of the Netherlands putting their own affairs in order rather than attack the Isle of Man.   

Guernsey's Chief Minister Gavin St Pier stressed ...