Tax and modern monetary theory
Monday, September 13th, 2021I noted yesterday the criticisms that can entirely appropriately be made of those who suggest modern monetary theory (MMT) is dangerous, and even wrong because
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The FT offers an economically incompetent view of tax whilst suggesting tax increases for anyone but the best off
Monday, July 20th, 2020The FT is joining in the chorus that UK taxes must rise to pay for the coronavirus crisis. It has an editorial this morning that
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IPPR joins the call fro capital gains to be taxed as income
Monday, September 9th, 2019IPPR has issued a report this morning calling for the alignment of tax rates on capital gains tax with the equivalent income tax rate applicable
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The true story of neoliberalism in one chart
Monday, August 5th, 2019I was reading the Mirrlees Review of taxation, published by the Institute for Fiscal Studies in 2011 this morning (such things are my day job)
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It's taken a long time but the IFS has finally said something sensible on deficits
Monday, October 30th, 2017It appears to be a truth almost universally acknowledged that the Institute for Fiscal Studies can do no wrong when it comes to tax and
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The end of the US destination based sales tax should also consign Mirrlees to the bin
Friday, July 28th, 2017The FT has reported this morning that Paul Ryan and his key colleagues in the US legislature have abandoned plans to introduce their corporate tax
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The US tax reform that threatens global chaos is an Institute for Fiscal Studies idea
Tuesday, February 14th, 2017The FT is unequivocal this morning. This is a headline: There is good reason for this concern. The proposal for US corporate tax reform is
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Is the All Party Parliamentary Group on Responsible Tax serious? Or just a KPMG front?
Thursday, February 4th, 2016I have just received the following from Margaret Hodge in her capacity as chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Responsible Taxation: I have
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The right wing fundamentalism of the Institute for Fiscal Studies on display again
Tuesday, November 24th, 2015People often wonder why I criticise the Institute for Fiscal Studies for right wing fundamentalism, as I have done on this blog, quite often. The reason
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