I have now published the seventh recommendation in the series that will make up the Taxing Wealth Report 2024. As the title makes clear, this
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The government is willing to punish pensioners for inflation when billions could be raised from the wealthy instead
As the Guardian reports this morning: Treasury officials are discussing a one-off break from the pensions triple lock that could save £1bn by preventing a
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An investment income surcharge in the UK could raise up to £18 billion of extra tax revenue a year
I have this morning published the sixth of my recommendations for reform of the UK tax system. Together with the further recommendations yet to be
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There is no place for capital gains indexation in a fair tax system
There has been some discussion on Twitter and some mention in comments on this blog on the subject of indexation relief for capital gains tax
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Abolishing capital gains tax entrepreneur’s relief might raise approximately £2.2 billion of tax a year
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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