Paul Johnson (Institute for Fiscal Studies) believes that whoever wins the election, it is time to adopt a long-term strategy for our tax system
What is the view from business on the coalition government’s tax policies, and what should be the tax priorities for the new government? We report views from 75 in-house tax directors and heads of tax, in response to a recent Tax Journal / Pinsent Masons survey
The Coalition Agreement promised that the coalition government ‘will make every effort to tackle tax avoidance’. Graham Aaronson and Steve Bousher (Joseph Hage Aaronson) give an end of term report on the coalition’s record in dealing with tax avoidance
Giorgia Maffini (Oxford University Centre for Business Taxation at Saïd Business School) reviews the coalition’s extensive reforms for making the UK attractive for foreign direct investment and mobile profits, and illustrates to what extent these have succeeded
The economy has come good in time for the election, in a way the coalition could hardly have dreamed of. The question is whether it will be enough to prevent a lurch into political instability, as David Smith reports.
Tina Riches (Smith & Williamson) provides a guide to the main parties’ tax proposals, following the publication of the general election manifestos and the leader debates
Chris Sanger,
Ian Brimicombe,
Paul Aplin OBE,
Heather Self,
Steve Edge
If leading tax experts were in charge, what policies would they implement? Paul Aplin (A C Mole & Sons), Ian Brimicombe (AstraZeneca), Heather Self (Pinsent Masons), Chris Sanger (EY) and Steve Edge (Slaughter and May) share their views
