As the Guardian has noted this morning: The highest paid 1% of British earners received nearly 17% of all the country’s income ahead of the Covid-19 crisis,
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Tax After Coronavirus (TACs) : The history of capital taxation in the UK
I have argued as part of the Tax After Coronavirus (TACs) series on wealth taxation that there is considerable extra scope for the taxation of
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We do not need a one-off wealth tax to pay off the national debt
I spent some time yesterday talking to a journalist who was asking about suggestions that the UK national debt should be paid off using a
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The problem of the corporate and personal debt mountains is not so much that they exist, but why they exist
David Buik is a stock broker / wealth manager with whom I have occasionally debated during broadcasts on LBC. I like him. As a person
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Tax After Coronavirus (TACs) : Capping total ISA contributions
The reasons why wealth needs to be subject to additional taxation has been discussed in another Tax After Coronavirus (TACs) post, with all links being
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The Daily Telegraph now admits there is a ‘magic money tree’ and that it shatters the case against wealth taxation
As Peter May noted on the Progressive Pulse blog yesterday: Even the Daily Telegraph has now admitted there is a Magic Money Tree. The assistant editor
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Question of the day: which wealth taxes?
I am curious to know the answer to a question which is of particular concern to me right now. I am working on the blogs
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Tax After Coronavirus (TACs) : The UK could tax wealth more
I have already posted the introductory research on tax and wealth for the Tax After Coronavirus (TACs) project on this blog this afternoon. One person
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Tax After Coronavirus (TACs): There is significant room for wealth taxation in the UK
The Tax After Coronavirus (TACs) project suggests that the most important role of tax in a jurisdiction is to shape its society and economy in
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