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Simplicity v fairness – a view from the Financial Secretary to the Treasury

30 Mar 2023

The government is promising “to put [tax] simplification at the heart of policymaking”. However, “there is a tension between the wish to make tax fairer and the wish to make tax simpler”.

The example given is the reintroduction of tapering rates of corporation tax for businesses with lower profits.

https://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=2023-03-29a.1044.0#g1045.3

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