Another link for the document I’m blogging on about (pdf). I’ve written a lot about environmental taxation, so I thought I’d save that til last, except to again note my despair that environmental tax policy is considered so marginal by the working group that it doesn’t even warrant its own section. Firstly, VAT. This is… Continue reading Tax Commission Response 4: Environmental and indirect taxation
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Tax Commission Response 3: Devolution
I’m massively behind schedule on my attempt to blog the Lib Dems’ Tax Commission (pdf), so without further ado… This chapter is basically wrapped around a single proposal. That is, to radically shift the tax burden of local authorities from 20% local taxes / 80% national government to 80%/20%. In principle, I absolutely applaud this… Continue reading Tax Commission Response 3: Devolution
Tax Commission Response 2: Personal Taxation
My first tax commission response post proved to be a modest success resulting in quite a few useful comments. This post deals with the next section. The third chapter of the consultation paper (pdf) deals with personal taxation, leaving aside local taxation which is dealt with in the following chapter. Here we deal with the… Continue reading Tax Commission Response 2: Personal Taxation