Monies paid to Government by Ports of Jersey (FOI)

​​​​​Request

Please advise how much money the Ports of Jersey Limited has paid to the Government of Jersey since the department was incorporated.  

Response 

Monies received by the Government of Jersey from Ports of Jersey Limited would be through either dividend payments or tax receipts. Since its incorporation, no dividends have been paid by Ports of Jersey Limited to the Government of Jersey.

Ports of Jersey Limited is chargeable to income tax at 20%, however Revenue Jersey is prohibited from disclosing further confidential taxpayer data under Article 8 of the Revenue Administration (Jersey) Law 2019. Article 29 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011, which states that information is absolutely exempt if the disclosure is prohibited by an enactment, has therefore been applied.  

Please note that Ports of Jersey Limited publishes its annual accounts, which includes information about its income tax liabilities: 

Please see page 68 with further information on page 85: 

POJ Annual Report 2023 | Ports of Jersey (ports.je) ​

More information can be found via the following link: 

Ports of Jersey Annual Report 2023 | Ports of Jersey (ports.je) 

A breakdown of the comprehensive net expenditure of all states owned assets, including Ports of Jersey, is also published in the States of Jersey Annual Reports and accounts, as per the link below. There are other transactions which occur between the Government of Jersey and Ports of Jersey Limited which are commercial in nature and completed on an arm’s length basis. Transactions which occur between the two parties are eliminated on consolidation.​

States of Jersey Group 2023 Annual Report and Accounts.pdf (gov.je)​

Article applied 

Article 29 - Other prohibitions or restrictions

Information is absolutely exempt information if the disclosure of the information by the scheduled public authority holding it –

(a)     is prohibited by or under an enactment;

(b) is incompatible with a European Union or an international obligation that applies to Jersey; or

(c) would constitute or be punishable as a contempt of court.​