The Taxing Wealth Report 2024: restricting charity tax reliefs to prevent their abuse
Thursday, November 2nd, 2023The latest in my series of proposals that will make up the Taxing Wealth Report 2024 has been published. In this latest note, I consider the
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Sticking plasters no longer work. The wounds in our society are far too deep.
Monday, October 30th, 2023As The Guardian reports this morning: England’s housing crisis will push many local authorities into bankruptcy as the increasing cost of emergency accommodation for thousands
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Question of the day: is it right that those with unearned income pay less tax than those who have to work for a living?
Sunday, October 29th, 2023People who work for a living in the UK pay a lot more tax than those who live off unearned income because there is no
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Destitution is not inevitable. It is what some have chosen to impose on others.
Saturday, October 28th, 2023My column in The National this week was about human being’s capacity to be inhumane to other human beings. I used the example of poverty
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Taxing Wealth Report 2024: reforming the rates at which inheritance tax is charged
Friday, October 27th, 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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Viewpoint: It's Scotland's pound, and we're keeping it
Thursday, October 26th, 2023John Warren was recently asked by a commentator on this blog to explain his opinion on what he sees as the deeply embedded Scottish attachment
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The Tax Justice Network achieved a lot in twenty years, but right now it is going nowhere
Wednesday, October 25th, 2023There are moments, I admit, when I wonder whether it is appropriate to talk about past achievements. There is always the risk that doing so
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Progress is delayed
Tuesday, October 24th, 2023I am aware of the time, not quite delivering as I would want on this blog at present. New papers in the Taxing Wealth Report
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The problem of taxing wealth will have to be tackled locally, not globally
Monday, October 23rd, 2023The EU Tax Observatory has a new report on tax evasion out this morning. Or, to be precise, they have a new report on tax
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