Labour's creating new tax loopholes to undermine its own tax plans
Tuesday, June 18th, 2024I couldn’t quite believe this in the FT this morning: One of the very few tax commitments Labour has made is that it will close
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Is Farage right on the central bank reserve accounts?
Tuesday, June 18th, 2024The Institute for Fiscal Studies, in its commentary on the so-called Reform Party manifesto for this election, says of that party’s plan to save £35
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More on tax anomalies
Tuesday, June 18th, 2024[Note: somehow this did not get beyond being a draft post on Sunday when it should have been published. It is being out up no,
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The weird world of tax anomalies
Saturday, June 15th, 2024UK journalists have been paying attention to tax anomalies this week, as I have in this morning’s main video. This comes from the FT: Amongst
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It's time to get rid of the UK's tax anomalies
Saturday, June 15th, 2024I have posted this video this morning. In it, I suggest that the UL tax system is riddled with anomalies and loopholes and that if
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Why do we give small companies a free tax ride in the UK?
Friday, June 14th, 2024My video this morning notes that HM Revenue & Customs reckons more than 30 per cent of all tax owing by small UK limited companies
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Show us your workings
Thursday, June 13th, 2024I have posted this short video this morning. In it, I argue that all our political parties are selling us shorty by claiming that they
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Tax is not essential: public services are. It’s time that election debates shifted their focus
Thursday, June 13th, 2024I have to admit that last night’s Sky Televisi9n debate with Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak was, overall, disappointing and uninspiring. Beth Rigby did her
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Tax the bads
Thursday, June 13th, 2024In this morning’s video, I argue that we all know what the ‘bads’ in our economy are – tobacco, alcohol, sugar, carbon, plastics, and more.
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