There’s a very good defence of Inheritance Tax under the above title in the New Statesman, written by Martin O’Neill.
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I continue to think that this misses the point. Tax is not a moral issue, but a political one, and there will be changes to inheritance tax because of politics.
And what informs politics but morality at the end of the day.
Sure, pargmatic issues intervene in tax design
But morality informs the choice as to what to tax, and at what level
Tax and morality cannot be separated, in my opinion
Richard, whilst I take your point it is worth remembering that when Darling stands up today most of his speech (and assuming there is any content of substance then that as well) will be driven by political considerations.
It is perhaps also worth remembering that in terms of tax collection, morality, if there is any, follows Marx - from each according to his means. Problem is that for most people tax collection morality means collect it from anyone but me!!!
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