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Oct 26, 2024 Policy

The public’s surprising choice of tax increase, and why we should ignore it

Gabriel Milland of Portland Communications has published polling conducted by the Portland research team in early October. Gabriel takes some interesting political conclusions from the polling (and I’d recommend his article). However, my focus is what the polling says about tax policy, and about polling on tax policy. Amended to include the answers – apologies […]

Jul 5, 2024 Policy

Half the British public doesn’t understand income tax – new data

Updated polling evidence from Tax Policy Associates and WeThink shows that half the public doesn’t understand a basic principle of income tax: the way that tax rates apply to income above a threshold. Half of voters believe that, once you hit the higher rate threshold, the 40% higher rate applies to all your earnings. The […]

Apr 21, 2024 Policy

Half the British public doesn’t understand income tax

New polling evidence from Tax Policy Associates and WeThink shows that half the public doesn’t understand a basic principle of income tax: the way that tax rates apply to income above a threshold. Our polling suggests that 50% of people believe that, once you hit the higher rate threshold, the 40% higher rate applies to […]