According to the Guardian this morning, pressure is being brought to bear on Rachel Reeves to impose more taxes on wealth as a way to
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The Taxing Wealth Report 2024: introduction to inheritance tax reforms
Precisely because I wanted to make clear that raising more funds from those with high incomes and wealth in the UK did not require a
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Capital gains tax on homes: the next steps
I always thought that yesterday’s suggestion that capital gains tax be charged on people’s main residences would, first of all, be the most controversial suggestion
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The UK needs to undertake tax spillover assessments if tax abuse is to be beaten
I have this morning published the next in my series of proposals that will make up the Taxing Wealth Report 2024. In this latest note, I
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Charging capital gains tax on the final disposal of a person’s main residence might raise £10 billion of tax a year
I have this morning published the next in my series of proposals that will make up the Taxing Wealth Report 2024. In this latest note, I
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Heathrow does not need a new runway. Only a naive belief in growth suggests that it does.
The FT has an article this morning which asks: I have not read the piece in full. I did not need to do so to
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Reducing the annual exempt amount of capital gains a person might enjoy a year to £1,000 might raise at least £0.4 billion of additional tax
I have this morning published the next in my series of proposals that will together make up the Taxing Wealth Report 2024. In this note,
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Increasing the corporation tax rate for the UK’s largest companies could raise £7 billion a year in tax
I have this morning published the next in my series of proposals that will make up the Taxing Wealth Report 2024. In this latest note,
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Inheritance tax has been serving the nation since 1694, and needs to do so for a lot longer
According to a Sunday Times article published last night and now covered by others, including The Observer, Rishi Sunak is considering cutting inheritance tax. Whether
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