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A think tank dedicated to improving tax and legal policy and the public understanding of tax.
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Property118's tribunal win - it doesn't help their clients; it looks vulnerable to appeal
We wrote in 2023 about a complex landlord tax avoidance scheme sold by an unregulated firm called Property118. HMRC subsequently opened enquiries into Property118's clients, and determined that the firm should have disclosed the scheme. The First-tier Tri
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A modest proposal for a new tax
I have a brilliant idea for a new tax. The rules are simple: Pick a card. On your 65th birthday you shuffle a deck and draw one card. An ace or a king, and congratulations: one day you will pay my new tax. Any other card, and you will never pay a penny of
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New data suggests Scotland's 48p tax rate may be losing money
People often talk about the Laffer curve: the idea that if you raise a tax beyond a certain point, you may in fact reduce revenues. Laffer curve effects are rather more common in newspaper headlines than in actual tax data. But that may be about to change
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John Healey should cut National Insurance, not raise the personal allowance
We have a new Chancellor - and it looks like a tax cut may be surprisingly high on his agenda. Andy Burnham has said the freezing of income tax thresholds was "the thing I heard the most on the doorsteps", and that it was "lodged in my mind". The personal
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Reform may owe tax on Nigel Farage's £5m gift
Christopher Harborne, a British-Thai billionaire, gave Nigel Farage £5m in 2024. Genuine gifts are usually tax-free, and when this article was first published our conclusion was that the £5m was probably not taxable. On 15 July 2026 the Guardian reported
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