First, do no harm: how politicians can make tax avoidance and evasion worse
In every Budget, whichever party is in charge, there is a bit about reducing the extent of tax avoidance and evasion. Clamping down on tax dodging always sounds like a big free lunch. Politicians find...
View ArticleThe Moral Case for Lower Taxes
Last week Richard Baron – Head of Taxation at the Institute of Directors – and Eamonn Butler – Director of the Adam Smith Institute, spoke to a packed audience at our offices in London about the...
View ArticleComment: After energy minister John Hayes criticised UK wind farms, should...
Taking part in City A.M’s forum debate with the Institute for Public Policy Research’s Clare McNeil, TPA Chief Executive Matthew Sinclair argues that we don’t need more wind farm (subsidies). NO...
View ArticleComment: EU budget stalemate – The battle is about more than European waste
Writing for City A.M. Matthew Sinclair argues that the latest EU budget row is about the ultimate objectives of the Union, not just how much money it wastes in the process: THE EU summit in Brussels...
View ArticleThe Autumn Statement: the good, the bad and the ugly
We are going through the details of George Osborne’s latest financial statement now. The deficit is still frighteningly high: £108 billion this year according to the new figures in the Autumn...
View ArticleThe consequences of high Capital Gains Tax
A new study from the Cato Institute, released over the Christmas break, looks at a number of reasons why low Capital Gains Tax (CGT) rates are best. They are concerned about a potential increase in the...
View ArticleNew Video – Broken Promises: Inheritance Tax
The Government have announced that, instead of increasing the threshold for Inheritance Tax to £1 million as they promised, the threshold will be frozen. That will mean more and more people paying...
View ArticleVictory for StopFundingArgentina
The TaxPayers’ Alliance has been running an important campaign – with new research, a viral video and the StopFundingArgentina.org e-petition – to stop British taxpayers’ money being used to support...
View ArticleCOMMENT: Why no conservative should support a mansion tax
Writing for the Spectator Coffee House blog Matthew Sinclair argues that a Mansion Tax would be an ugly political gesture and a huge burden on those forced to pay while the idea that capital income is...
View ArticleHelp us stop another rise in tax on drinks at the Budget
Today we are launching a new campaign to stop the Government increasing taxes on drinks yet again at the Budget. Beer is already taxed more in the UK than in almost every other country in Europe – ten...
View ArticleComment: Osborne must make tax open and honest
Writing in today’s Daily Telegraph, our Chief Executive, Matthew Sinclair argues that the Government tries its best to hide how much it takes – but the voters deserve the truth. What is your actual...
View ArticleCOMMENT: The wasteful State is still burning our money
Writing for The Times (£), Matthew Sinclair argues that before politicians cut popular frontline services they must tackle the inefficiency of Britain’s bloated government. Many bureaucrats and...
View ArticleResponse to Greenpeace
Greenpeace has attacked the calculations underlying our EnergySwindle.org website and the Daily Mail report on our new campaign. They have two key objections: first that we have assumed a similar rise...
View ArticleHelp us stop an 11% hike in MPs’ pay
At the TaxPayers’ Alliance, we strongly oppose the big increase in MPs’ pay proposed by the “IPSA” quango. We have set up a petition which you can sign below to support action to scrap the proposed pay...
View ArticleGovernment spin is not convincing the experts on energy taxes
In recent months both Liberum Capital and RWE npower have estimated that the Government’s policies – which require around £150 billion in the energy sector – will lead to a roughly 30 per cent above...
View ArticleComment: Three steps David Cameron can take to end our dysfunctional green farce
Writing for City A.M., Matthew Sinclair argues that the Government attacking Labour for having a dysfunctional (but popular) energy policy will not be effective if it presses ahead with its own...
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