The FT is not amused
Thursday, September 21st, 2023These were the morning business headlines in the FT today: Even the most fervent Tory is going to have problems taking comfort from them.
We are going to need to talk about taxing wealth in 2024: no serious political debate can avoid the issue
Monday, September 18th, 2023Martin Wolf wrote this in an article in the FT yesterday. I have edited it lightly without changing the meaning: The British must not get
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Our whole pension edifice is built on sand, and no one seems to be paying much attention to that fact
Friday, September 15th, 2023There is an almost incoherent discussion of pensions and the merits of the triple lock arrangement that currently protects the value of the state old
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Abolishing the VAT exemption for services supplied by private schools might raise £1.6 billion in tax a year
Friday, September 15th, 2023I have this morning published what might be one of the least surprising proposals to be made in the Taxing Wealth Report 2024. I suggest
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An investment income surcharge in the UK could raise up to £18 billion of extra tax revenue a year
Wednesday, September 13th, 2023I have this morning published the sixth of my recommendations for reform of the UK tax system. Together with the further recommendations yet to be
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There is no place for capital gains indexation in a fair tax system
Tuesday, September 12th, 2023There has been some discussion on Twitter and some mention in comments on this blog on the subject of indexation relief for capital gains tax
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Abolishing capital gains tax entrepreneur's relief might raise approximately £2.2 billion of tax a year
Tuesday, September 12th, 2023The fifth recommendation that will eventually form part of the Taxing Wealth Report 2024 has been published. Like other suggestions in this series, this one
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Aligning capital gains tax and income tax rates might raise more than £12 billion in tax a year
Monday, September 11th, 2023I have this morning published the fourth in my series of recommended changes to the UK tax system designed to address the fact that wealth
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Pointing out the massive under-taxation of wealth in the UK is not nonsense - it is totally fair
Sunday, September 10th, 2023I published this thread on Twitter this morning: When I started publishing the Taxing Wealth Report 2024 I put out a note suggesting that the
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