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Type: IFS Press Releases Authors: Mike Brewer and James Browne
The Government's plans to raise income tax rates for people on incomes above £150,000 are very unlikely to raise the revenue that it has predicted, and indeed more likely to reduce revenue overall than increase it, without additional steps to tackle tax avoidance or to discourage people from reducing their taxable income by other means, according to a study by IFS researchers published today. Search |
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Public finance bulletin: April 2013
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