Amidst the debates on whether taxes are too high or too low there is very little discussion on whether our tax system is well designed, yet it is here that much of the fairness – or lack thereof – and efficacy of the system is found.
Live chat, 21 May 2013. 12.30PM
This table has just been published by the OECD and shows the "tax wedge" taken from employment earnings for all 34 OECD countries.
The government claim to be taking tax avoidance seriously, but so far the rhetoric has been far removed from reality.
Richard Murphy from Tax Research UK proposes a new Tax Justice Consensus to replaced the predominant ideas of the Washington Consensus.
Martin Hearson, a tax policy adviser at ActionAid UK, explains the consequences of chancellor George Osborne's plan to relax anti-tax haven abuse legislation.