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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There is no need to debate the triple lock for pensions: all the money needed to pay old age pensions can be found by making simple changes to the tax charges on the wealthy
Thursday, September 14th, 2023There is much discussion in the media this morning about a supposedly temporary suspension of the pension triple lock. The triple lock was a George
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Capping the rate at which tax relief is given on charitable donations under Gift Aid might raise £740 million in tax a year
Thursday, September 14th, 2023I have now published the seventh recommendation in the series that will make up the Taxing Wealth Report 2024. As the title makes clear, this
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The government is willing to punish pensioners for inflation when billions could be raised from the wealthy instead
Wednesday, September 13th, 2023As the Guardian reports this morning: Treasury officials are discussing a one-off break from the pensions triple lock that could save £1bn by preventing a
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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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The Tories are destroying the state by making working for it profoundly unattractive or unaffordable.
Tuesday, September 12th, 2023I noted these adjacent headlines on The Guardian homepage this morning: The message could not be clearer. The NHS and state education cannot recruit or
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The Taxing Wealth Report 2024 and the reform of tax administration
Monday, September 11th, 2023I have published a background note to the various sections of the Taxing Wealth Report 2024 that will address issues relating to the administration of
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