On comments
Monday, November 13th, 2023I am aware, as some people noticed, that I became irritated by some comments on the blog over the weekend. I let it show. To
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If we need a tax cut, the last tax that needs cutting is inheritance tax
Monday, November 13th, 2023Rumours are spreading in newspapers and email comment columns that Jeremy Hunt thinks he might have ‘fiscal headroom’ for a tax cut this autumn. The
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On cash, and its increasing irrelevance
Saturday, November 11th, 2023Following my recent posts on the nature of money, there has been some discussion on the nature and usefulness of cash in the comments. The
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Taxing Wealth Report 2024: Abolishing the domicile rule for tax purposes might raise £3.2 billion of tax revenue a year
Friday, November 10th, 2023I have this morning published the latest in my series of proposals that will make up the Taxing Wealth Report 2024. In this latest note, I consider
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The political economy of money
Wednesday, November 8th, 2023I wrote the note, which is both attached as a PDF (which might be easier to read) and which I reproduce in slightly re-edited form
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The challenge from AI is not to our intelligence: it is instead to our unique ability to think
Saturday, November 4th, 2023I feel I should say something about artificial intelligence. To some degree I am hindered when contemplating doing so by the fact that I am
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Taxing Wealth Report 2024: reintroducing close company rules for income and corporation tax could raise at least £3 billion of tax a year
Friday, November 3rd, 2023I have this morning published the next in my series of proposals that will make up the Taxing Wealth Report 2024. In this latest note, I
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More meaningful accounts are to return to the public record
Friday, November 3rd, 2023As AccountingWEB (of which I was an editor for a number of years) has reported this week: Plans for tighter rules over how companies report
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The Bank of England is driving us into recession - and misery
Thursday, November 2nd, 2023I just posted this as a Twitter thread (I refuse to call it X): The Bank of England has kept interest rates on hold at
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