Summary The UK tax system is incoherent. Even ignoring benefits styled as tax credits and the withdrawal of child benefit, … Continue reading “Taxing Problem: The UK’s incoherent tax system”

The future for British taxpayers is bleak unless politicians agree to drastically reform the UK’s tax code. Policymakers have continued … Continue reading “Politicians need to wake up to the flaws in our tax system”

Alvin Rabushka is often described as the father of the flat tax. His work inspired the adoption of flat-tax systems … Continue reading “An interview with Alvin Rabushka”

Fall-out from the Autumn Statement next week is likely to focus heavily on the slowdown in deficit reduction. Borrowing has … Continue reading “Ditch the structural deficit: Why Osborne has struggled to hit this moving target”

Recent public finance statistics have suggested that the UK deficit has risen in the first seven months of the financial … Continue reading “How much has government spending been cut?”

Alvin Rabushka, one of the leading global proponents of the flat tax and co-author of the Hall–Rabushka flat tax plan, … Continue reading “Flat Tax – A Fair, Simple, and Transparent Reform”

Alvin Rabushka, co-author of the Hall-Rabushka Flat Tax proposal, speaks to ieaTV to explain his proposals for a flat tax. … Continue reading “Interview with Alvin Rabushka”

‘The rich keep getting richer’. If you’ve been watching Channel 4 over recent weeks, you will likely have been subjected … Continue reading “The financial crisis saw the UK become more equal. That was nothing to celebrate”

It has long been one of my personal gripes that the UK spends a large amount of money on energy … Continue reading “UK energy policy – when the left hand doesn’t know what the far left hand is doing”