In the following extract* from a paper, philosopher Thomas Nagel expresses a libertarian attitude to taxation. Some would describe taxatio...

Herbert Spencer on the idea that tax erodes freedom, from his Principles of Ethics : Money taken from the citizen, not to pay the costs of ...

Mention the world ‘tax’ to most people and their first – and often only – reaction is to ask for ways they can cut their tax bill. But once ...

(This is an update on the blog post of 25 April 2011 , commenting on the government’s plans to tax property. Looking at the recent Budget, i...

George Osborne, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, announcing the Budget yesterday, said: ‘I regard tax evasion and aggressive tax avoidance a...