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Brown supports tax on financial transactions

Written on 10 November 2009. Posted in Taxation.

What are we to make of Gordon Brown’s conversion to the wonders of a tax on financial transactions? Test it against the Maxims of Taxation, as put forward by Adam Smith. Here they are – judge for yourself.

What is every man’s right?

Written on 3 November 2009. Posted in History.

The Right of Public Access We rely on the Right of Public Access whenever we go out in the countryside – whether it is to take a walk, go kayaking, climb a mountain or just sit down on a rock to think. The Right of Public Access is a unique institution. It gives us all the freedom to roam the countryside. But we must also take care of nature and wildlife, and we must show consideration for...

Car parking arguments go on for ever

Written on 23 October 2009. Posted in Economics.

Arguments about how car parking space should be allocated, and to whom, is one that seemingly goes on for ever. It would help if the parking issue was recognised for what it really is – a market in real estate.

Tax Justice Network – a bad case of cognitive dissonance

Written on 17 October 2009. Posted in Tax Justice Network.

Useful ammunition for the LVT case can always be obtained from Tax Justice Network and Tax Research. But both have come under attack lately from the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands, where there is anger about their activities. TJN is headed by John Christensen, and is a campaign against tax avoidance and tax havens. The website has the title “Tax havens cause poverty” – a questionable...

Elusive offshore owners leave London mansions to crumble

Written on 17 October 2009. Posted in Economics.

An article in the Guardian today notes that there are an estimated 1m empty homes in the UK, and about 3,000 of them in the Central London borough of Westminster. Some of them, in Mayfair, are mansions are worth as much as £50m, even in their dilapidated state. Many of the biggest and most expensive are owned not by dusty old dowagers down on their luck but by mystery investors hiding their identities...

Another good idea, but half-baked

Written on 6 October 2009. Posted in General.

Workers will have to wait until they are at least 66 years old to receive their state pension under radical Conservative plans to raise the retirement age within the next seven years. This is an excellent idea in principle, because many people are able and willing to work until well into their seventies, sometimes beyond. Many already do, but outside the formal economy, where their work is deemed...

Hit those welfare scroungers

Written on 5 October 2009. Posted in Welfare.

David Cameron today unveiled plans to impose a £25-a-week benefit cut on incapacity benefit claimants who were considered fit for work. The Conservatives want to fund a £600m back-to-work programme with the money saved. They think their “tough and tender” approach will show that they are willing to help victims of the recession with apprenticeships and training and by modernising welfare....

Tories propose tax cuts for firms that create jobs

Written on 5 October 2009. Posted in Taxation.

New businesses would get big tax breaks for job creation under Conservative proposals announced today. George Osborne told the Tory party conference that 60,000 jobs would be created by the scheme, intended to encourage investment in new ventures. The Shadow Chancellor said that employers creating new jobs would not have to pay National Insurance contributions for the first two years of a Conservative...

LVTC Annual General Meeting Tomorrow 30th October

Written on 5 October 2009. Posted in General.

LVTC Annual General Meeting

Che cos’è l’Imposta sul Valore Fondiario?

Written on 26 September 2009. Posted in Non-English.

Che cos’è l’Imposta sul Valore Fondiario?

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