I have this morning published the fourth in my series of recommended changes to the UK tax system designed to address the fact that wealth
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Pointing out the massive under-taxation of wealth in the UK is not nonsense – it is totally fair
I published this thread on Twitter this morning: When I started publishing the Taxing Wealth Report 2024 I put out a note suggesting that the
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The use of aggregate data in the Taxing Wealth Report 2024
I was asked yesterday about why I am using HMRC aggregate data to estimate the impact of the tax proposals that I am making in
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Abolishing the lower rate of national insurance for high-earning employees
I have published the third in my series of recommendations for the reform of the taxation of higher earners and the wealthy this morning. This
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Removing the VAT exemption from financial services could raise £8.7 billion in tax a year
The Taxing Wealth Report 2024 is about the way in which tax in the UK can be transformed to raise revenue the government might well
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The Taxing Wealth Report 2024: methodology
Early on in the series on the Taxing Wealth Report 2024, it is quite important to note the criteria that have been used for appraising
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Wealth is undertaxed by £170 billion a year in the UK
The Taxing Wealth Report 2024 suggests that wealth in the UK might be undertaxed by up to £170 billion a year when compared to income
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Launching the Taxing Wealth Report 2024
I have this morning begun publishing the Taxing Wealth Report 2024: This introduction says: Brief summary This note summarises the issues that the Taxing Wealth
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I hate to be a contrarian, but we really do not need a wealth tax right now
As I noted in The National yesterday: I stress this is not a deliberately contrarian view. I am aware of all the theoretical arguments for
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