The Office for Tax Simplification published a report on capital gains tax yesterday. It included this chart: There are three things to note. One is
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Support for a wealth tax appears to be higher than I would have expected, but debate on it just distracts attention from the much bigger issues that we face
In September the FT asked its readers if they supported a wealth tax. More than 1,000 replied. The result was surprising: Now of course it
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The idea that capital gains tax might be reformed is frightening some
Thew front covers of the Times and Telegraph this morning both refer to the forthcoming capital gains tax review that I have already noted today:
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Today’s video: Do we need a wealth tax?
The latest video is out: The data I quote comes from the Office for National Statistics. My message is simple: wealth taxes are not politically
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Wealth taxes: a Chancellor saying no is not enough to end a debate
Beth Winter, a Labour MP, asked this question in Parliament this afternoon: Richard Murphy, a professor of political economy at City University in London, says
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We need to tax income from wealth more, but massive wealth taxes would crash the economy to an extent Covid-19 has not managed
Polly Toynbee wrote this in The Guardian yesterday, referring to the need for funding to beat our economic crisis: But what if, with one bound, we
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From this blog to The Times: let’s tackle wealth inequality by starting with additional taxes on investment income
I realised over the weekend that my blog from Friday on wealth taxes had been picked up by Patrick Hosking in his business commentary in
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Do we need a wealth tax now? Or do we need to tax the income derived from wealth a lot more now? They’re not the same thing
Because I was otherwise engaged I missed a seminar this morning, advertised here: New project launching today!With @arunadvaniecon and Emma Chamberlain. Should the UK have
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Question of the day: if you were wealthy would you be in favour of more taxes on wealth tax, and why?
It’s easy for most people to favour additional taxes on wealth. That is because they will not pay them. But suppose you were wealthy? Would
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