Wealth Tax Commission
Arun Advani
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Description: Project to study whether the UK should have a wealth tax
There is a cost of living crisis going on. UK living standards are predicted to fall at the fastest rate since records began. Whilst the Chancellor's recently implemented some support to help ease this pressure, this has been accompanied by a large rise in national insurance contributions, which disproportionately hurts workers. But what if there were a solution?
The Final Report of the Wealth Tax Commission was published on 9th December 2020 at an event hosted by the London School of Economics. The format was a presentation of our main recommendations and how a one-off wealth tax would work in practice, followed by a discussion and questions. The video is available below, and a podcast of the event is available here . Links to the final report and all the evidence papers are available below.
The Wealth Tax Commission was launched on 2nd July 2020 at an event hosted by the Institute for Fiscal Studies. The format was short presentations setting out the evolution of UK wealth and the possible rationales and difficulties of introducing a wealth tax followed by a discussion. The video is available below and the slides are available here .
Wealth Tax Commission
Arun Advani
Dnmufc's Blog | Dave's musings