The BBC has published an article on flat taxes this morning- comparing my views with those of Rory Meakin of the Taxpayers’ Alliance. My comments were as
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Flat taxes: the implications of simplification – my 2006 paper, still as relevant today
I wrote a peer reviewed paper on flat taxes for the ACCA in 2006. If you think flat taxes are the answer, download it here,
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Flat taxes – a great way to help the poorest pay for the richest
I’ve gor an article on Comment is Free under the above title this afternoon, analysing the Taxpayer’s Alliance proposal for a flat tax in the
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It is possible to have a flat tax, or to have democracy, but not both
I seem to have reignited some debate on flat taxes this morning, so let me mention this old theme of mine in a little more detail. Back
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Cameron’s opponents aren’t just anti-EU, most are also pro-flat tax – and that’s all about making the rich richer
Cameron faced his backbenchers yesterday on the EU, and lost. But the EU was not the whole reason for this. Polly Toynbee had what was, without
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The economics of the playground – the message from senior tax inspectors to HM Treasury
I was at a meeting in Westminster this morning organised by the Association of Revenue & Customs – the union representing the senior staff of
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The Impact of the Flat Tax Reform on Inequality
There’s a great paper under the above title in the Romanian Journal of Economic Forecasting by Liviu Voinea and Flaviu Mihaescu. As they report: In
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Laffer on the blackboard
The IMF has published a paper on the Laffer curve that concludes: The paper shows how tax rate cuts can increase revenues by improving tax
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Flat taxes do not stack
I was quite pleased to find one of my old articles on flat tax reappear on the web of late. It originally appeared on Society
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