Mirrlees – the fundamental flaw
Wednesday, November 10th, 2010I am at the launch of the Mirrlees review on the future of the UK tax system. Mirrlees’ fundamental assumption is that the tax system
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What sort of tax system do we want?
Wednesday, November 10th, 2010There are three events of major political significance to the public sector this week. The first is the issue of the Department of Work and
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Evidence of bias at the Institute for Fiscal Studies
Sunday, February 14th, 2010There’s a letter in the Sunday Times this morning from 20 economists arguing for tougher deficit reduction measures with the focus on cuts in govt
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Mirrlees – one mad or bad idea kicked into touch
Wednesday, March 4th, 2009I was amused yesterday. I had to head to London for the afternoon for a meeting. Before leaving I got a call from Channel 4
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The Fortune Forum
Saturday, February 28th, 2009From yesterday’s Guardian: A group of super-rich entrepreneurs, models and pop stars are demanding tax breaks to encourage them to give billions more to good
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VAT increase enthusiasts are in action on the Guardian blog
Thursday, February 5th, 2009The Guardian have noted that a proposal to charge a turnover tax has been made by at least commentator on its Tax Gap series, with
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Why is that?
Friday, August 15th, 2008The review entitled The Political Economy of Tax Policy that the Institute for Fiscal Studies commissioned as part of its Mirrlees review of the future
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Is this an IFS joke?
Thursday, August 14th, 2008I found this in a slide presentation by Malcolm Gammie QC, one of the directors of the Institute for Fiscal Studies Mirrlees review, when talking
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IFS want to replace corporation tax with VAT
Thursday, August 14th, 2008In really haven’t given the IFS enough attention of late. In June they issued a press release saying this: Corporation tax should be reformed or
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