The process of simplifying tax will always have winners and losers. Yes, you'd end up changing the IT rates and thresholds - not just NI +IT. This is where a Labour Chancellor could have finesse… (View Post)

That has been suggested by quite a number - including myself. Sell a rework of tax by folding NI into income tax. This would save billions in administration. Before you get to increased tax yield. To… (View Post)

Are people really building software that can't handle changes in tax rates? (View Post)

@eek is talking about the Process of having NI. Lots of process to change - lots of jobs will go as a result of this. Whole swathes out accounting software. Changing to a base rate of 27.9% and an NI… (View Post)

It was how the Victorians did town planning - to them, it was obvious that the town planning should be planned by the town. Schools, hospitals etc were a responsibility of the town/local area - so th… (View Post)