The Telegraph has reported that the UK government is drawing up plans to encourage retailers to introduce price caps on basic food … Continue reading “Food price caps are likely to backfire – as price caps always do”

The G7 agreement on new principles for taxing multinationals is not the ‘breakthrough’ that many are claiming. It probably will … Continue reading “G7 deal on multinational tax fails to live up to the hype”

Opposition to tariff-free access to UK markets for Australian farmers is protectionism, pure and simple. Minette Batters, president of the … Continue reading “Three cheers for free trade with Australia”

The Sunday Times has reported that UK officials are mulling two new taxes on digital businesses – an online sales … Continue reading “The pros and (mostly) cons of an online sales tax”

There is still plenty of speculation that the Treasury is thinking of raising UK corporation tax in the March Budget. … Continue reading “Hiking corporation tax: bad idea, worse timing”

How deep a hole are we in? The Institute of Economic Affairs has just published a primer I’ve written on … Continue reading “Why we don’t need tax rises to pay for Covid”

On 4 December, the UK parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) published a report on the production and distribution of cash. … Continue reading “Access to cash is a far bigger problem than the “missing” £50 billion”

YES – says Andy Mayer Unusually, as an elected local Councillor I am directly involved in these decisions. Back in … Continue reading “IEA Debate: Should public sector wages be frozen to help pay for Covid?”

Researchers at Deutsche Bank (DB) have proposed an additional tax on people working from home “to help those who cannot”. … Continue reading “Why a tax on homeworking is a really bad idea”