The revelation that higher incomes have been under-reported in official data has led to predictable calls for higher taxes. Oliver … Continue reading “Employer National Insurance Contributions are a hidden tax on our pay”

Economist and inequality guru Thomas Piketty, who advised the former French Prime Minister Francois Hollande on the introduction of his … Continue reading “Are tax rates in excess of 100% making a comeback?”

Has anyone noticed how “tax cuts for the rich” has become a moniker for all and every income tax cut? … Continue reading “Most tax cuts would, inter alia, “benefit the rich”. So what?”

Shortly before being sacked, George Osborne announced a plan to reduce the UK’s corporation tax rate to less than 15%, … Continue reading “Objectives for a post-Brexit tax policy”

In 2004 the Swedish inheritance tax and gift tax was abolished by a unanimous vote in the Riksdag. In a … Continue reading “How high-tax Sweden abolished its disastrous inheritance tax”

The economic impact of higher top tax rates was one of the more contentious themes of the recent general election. … Continue reading “The impact of top marginal tax rates on the international mobility of superstar inventors”