The so-called loan scheme tax charge imposed by HM Revenue & Customs mainly on those who had, in my opinion, undoubtedly engaged in tax avoidance
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You could have a wealth tax raising a few billion or major reforms to existing taxes that could raise £100 billion or more? Which would you prefer if you wanted to tackle inequality?
Davos is full of calls for the super-rich to be taxed more. The Patriotic Millionaires are at it. As the Guardian notes: More than 250
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Are student loan repayments an inverted wealth tax?
The Guardian, FT and others have reported this morning on a new report from the Institute for Fiscal Studies on the cost of student loans,
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We do not need tax cuts: what we need is more spend and tax. That’s our only hope.
The FT reports this morning that: Unpacking that, what Sunak is saying is: The Mail wants tax cuts and he will deliver them. To supposedly
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Why won’t UK politicians address the biggest part of tax evasion in the UK, which is caused by the absue of limited liability companies due to poor state regulation?
As the Guardian notes this morning: Anyone selling used clothes on Vinted, renting out their home on Airbnb, or getting rid of old camera equipment on
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Ending the toxic politics that is breaking the UK, and the world beyond
Might I make a plea to those who usually ignore what I write about Scotland, and suggest what follows is of universal UK appeal, and
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Taxing Wealth Report 2024: The UK needs an Office for Tax Responsibility
I have this morning published the latest note in my series that will make up the Taxing Wealth Report 2024. This latest note suggests that the
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Why we do not need a wealth tax – but need to tax the income earned from wealth a great deal more
Many organisations on the left of UK politics are now calling for wealth taxes. The Taxing Wealth Report 2024 does not do so. It is
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UK taxes paid by type 2022-23
I write this as part of the background data for the Taxing Wealth Report 2024 that I am now working on and thought it worth
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