uk tax system

Nic Clegg has just hit out a the coalition partners proposals to introduce tax breaks for married couples. http://web.orange.co.uk/article/news/clegg_attacks_tories_married_tax_breaks_plan So what are the thoughts on this piece of social engineering by the Tories? Why should I be penalised...

So the torries have said they are not going to increase the tax on cider. Aside from the problem of how they are going to pay for this the continueing low tax on cider only continues to encourage the production of low quality "ciders" in order to get the best alcohol to price ratio.

This is a vote-winner in the UK: Banks hit by 50% tax on bonus payouts Darling unveils super-tax plans for bankers' bonuses No response yet on whether the Tories would keep it, though they are very likely to. Darling believes it may raise GBP 0.5 billion. I think it is smart ("rebuild...

So Gordon has set out his bid for the premiership, by tinkering with the tax systems in a pretty revenue neutral way, cutting basic rate tax from 22% to 20% and abolishing the 10% “starting rate”. Any thoughts on these , it seems pretty tame budget to me, I don’t smoke anymore so I’m not worried...