Most changes to the personal tax system in the past 25 years have been more away with fairies than a prelude to a fairytale ending. Most have been driven by short-term political considerations with little care for long-term costs. So Paul Johnson writes in a comment piece for the Financial Times, 13 March 2016.
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Paul has been the Director of the IFS since 2011. He is also currently visiting professor in the Department of Economics at University College London.
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Johnson, P. (2016). The tax tale that ends in some being worse off as wages rise [Comment] Financial Times. Available at: https://ifs.org.uk/articles/tax-tale-ends-some-being-worse-wages-rise (accessed: 7 May 2024).
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