Unless the company has elected to be treated as exempt, any company which is resident in the Island is chargeable to income tax on all of its income wherever arising, whether or not remitted to the Island. A company which, although incorporated and resident outside Jersey, carries on business in the Island through a branch or other established place of business is liable to Jersey income tax only on profits arising or accruing within the Island.
A company is regarded as resident in Jersey if it is incorporated or if it is managed and controlled in the Island and has not been granted exempt status. For these purposes it is only a test of "management and control" which is relevant in Jersey and not control by shareholders or loan creditors.
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