“How biased news affect our willingness to pay taxes” Courtesy of IZA People’s willingness to pay taxes does not only depend on the fear of a tax audit or the amount of penalties for cheaters. Satisfaction with the actions and trustworthiness of the government is another crucial driver of tax compliance. Theoretical work […]
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UK should tax income from wealth like work income
The UK should rationalize its tax system with reforms that would treat income derived from wealth (e.g. capital gains from stock holdings) the same as income derived from work, argues Shreya Nanda in an op-ed for CapX. While it will hardly be popular with rich […]
Should Taxes Be Lower? French and New Yorkers Think So
Two famously high-tax locales would like this particular claim to fame to go away – and don’t worry, they both have plenty of better claims to fame anyway. A new survey shows that a majority of French voters would like their sky-high taxes to come down, while economic data suggests that rich New Yorkers […]