Continued from Part 1… Abolish corporation tax, says the IEA’s Chief Economist Julian Jessop Corporate taxation is no longer fit … Continue reading “Debate: Which tax would you axe? (Part 2)”

Tax doesn’t have to be taxing, as those jolly HMRC adverts would have us believe. But given the length (10 … Continue reading “Debate: Which tax would you axe? (Part 1)”

There are few things that most economists can agree on. But the appeal of land value tax (LVT) has long … Continue reading “Would a Land Value Tax (LVT) get Britain building?”

The annual Budget is regarded as a grandstand event in the UK parliamentary year. This reflects our centralised political system. … Continue reading “Sins of omission: the problem with the Budget was what was NOT in it”

“Nothing is certain in life except death and taxes”, as Benjamin Franklin’s old maxim goes. That’s especially true here in … Continue reading “Stupid taxes are nothing new – but that doesn’t make them any less stupid (Part 1)”

David Ricardo termed unearned income from land as a pernicious anomaly: “that portion of the produce of the earth which … Continue reading “It’s time for a Land Value Tax”

It’s a well-known saying that “turkeys don’t vote for Christmas”. So calling for George Osborne to take to the despatch … Continue reading “George Osborne should abolish the Budget”

In the dark days of the 1970s, Labour MPs Jeff Rooker, then aged just 36, and Audrey Wise engineered an … Continue reading “For the sake of our children, stand firm on tax by stealth”