The fifth recommendation that will eventually form part of the Taxing Wealth Report 2024 has been published. Like other suggestions in this series, this one
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The Taxing Wealth Report 2024 and the reform of tax administration
I have published a background note to the various sections of the Taxing Wealth Report 2024 that will address issues relating to the administration of
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Aligning capital gains tax and income tax rates might raise more than £12 billion in tax a year
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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The Taxing Wealth Report 2024 and modern monetary theory
I have been sent an email that says: I have been reading the summaries of your tax proposals, but not the details. I am not
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The ugliness of UK political decision making
Earlier this week, the Tories made it clear that they intend to force up to a million people who are considered unfit to work at
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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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