I put up a blog yesterday under the title ‘Why you’re better off under a high tax state’. I was pretty happy that the data
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I wrote recently about a question asked on this blog about whether more state spending does produce benefit for those living in a jurisdiction. I
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From the FT: Government officials are considering a plan to make graduates who become big earners pay a premium for their education as the coalition
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A commentator on this site has said in response to a blog post on the news story that HMRC have found millions of people have
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A new staff paper from the IMF looks at the issue of “Long-Term Trends in Public Finances in the G-7 Economies”. There is content I
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I wrote a blog a few days ago on whistle blowing and tax, based on an email received from an informed commentator. Response to the
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The FT has reported: Revenue & Customs will adopt a less combative approach to resolving tax disputes with businesses in a move designed to cut
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Paul Krugman has said: But we’re nowhere near Laffer country now. In terms of taxes and revenue, up is up, down is down. And he’s
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As Zoe Williams in the Guardian has noted: The tax office has finally disclosed how many people were hit by glitches in a new computer
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