Future tax must focus on the 5 Rs, investment and not saving
Friday, December 3rd, 2010The following article by me appears today on the ippr New Era Economics blog, but as it’s as relevant here I cross post it here,
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I feel a report coming on…..
Wednesday, November 24th, 2010The Treasury select committee has announced: TREASURY COMMITTEE LAUNCHES INQUIRY INTO THE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF TAX POLICY In the last month, the OECD in Paris
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The assumption of neutrality in Mirrlees
Thursday, November 11th, 2010The Mirrlees report claims — it was trumpeted from the platform at yesterday’s launch — that it was ‘neutral’. It did not seek to raise
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Increasing tax on the elderly – the Mirrlees way
Wednesday, November 10th, 2010The Mirrlees review is proposing a merger of the incomex and National Insurance systems.It is a common proposal from right-wing sources. But was there a
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The Mirrlees quote of the day
Wednesday, November 10th, 2010I haven’t finished writing about Mirrlees yet. But perhaps the most notable comment of the day came up during a question-and-answer session when one of
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Mirrlees – a redeeming feature
Wednesday, November 10th, 2010I have found a redeeming feature in the Mirrlees recommendations. They suggest the abolition of stamp duty on sales of domestic housing and the abolition
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Mirrlees and savings – making inherently unjust proposals
Wednesday, November 10th, 2010The Mirrlees report assumes that savings equal deferred consumption. As such their whole approach to the tax of savings assumes that this is simply an
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Mirrlees – and consumption taxes
Wednesday, November 10th, 2010The Mirrlees review has a number of assumptions on consumption taxes. The most important, it says, is that such taxes should only be charged on
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Mirrlees thinks that inequality mainly results from different opportunities to work
Wednesday, November 10th, 2010Amazingly, the opening presentation on the Mirrlees review this morning suggested that the fundamental cause of inequality in the UK is different opportunities for access
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