The tax tale that ends in some being worse off as wages rise

Published on 11 March 2016

Comment piece by Paul Johnson, published by the Financial Times.

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 Johnson
Paul Johnson

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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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Financial Times

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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: 26 April 2024).

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