Wealth Tax Commission

Members may be interested in the papers published last week on the Wealth Tax Commission website. The project is being run by Emma Chamberlain with two academics from LSE and Warwick and is the first full scale investigation into wealth tax since 1974 when the Labour Government produced a Green paper. 

The report has spawned a massive number of evidence and background papers which deal with all aspects and problems of a wealth tax. Members are particularly referred to the papers on design of the tax base, alternatives to a wealth tax and the valuation, enforcement and liquidity papers. 

Please do direct any comments or questions on these papers to Emma Chamberlain at [email protected]. A final report with conclusions on whether a WT is desirable, feasible or impossible is scheduled for publication on 9th December and there will be a launch at LSE, details of which are on the website.