November 27, 2007
Tax Reform and Tax Competition: How Much Government do We Need?
London
Matthew Elliott, CEO and one of the founders of the TaxPayers’ Alliance, a UK group advocating taxpayers’ interests and lowering the tax burden, spoke on the issue of competitive tax policies in the era of globalization and the size of government. His talk was followed by a general discussion.
As pre-election fever in the UK is on the raise, a key issue fuelling the political debate is tax reform. The opposition and the government are making promises to review the highly unpopular inheritance tax (a.k.a. the “death tax”). However, these proposals will be offset by increased taxation of the wealth-generating businesses and employees, including proposals of tax hikes on private equity and foreign employees.
Please read more about the event here...
As pre-election fever in the UK is on the raise, a key issue fuelling the political debate is tax reform. The opposition and the government are making promises to review the highly unpopular inheritance tax (a.k.a. the “death tax”). However, these proposals will be offset by increased taxation of the wealth-generating businesses and employees, including proposals of tax hikes on private equity and foreign employees.
Please read more about the event here...