Posts tagged "Tax Cuts"
Reform UK's overtime cut is bottom of the list of tax cuts, in "bang for the buck" terms
May 25, 2026 Analysis

Ten better tax cuts than Reform’s £14bn overtime gimmick

Reform UK’s “hard work bonus” sounds simple: no income tax on overtime above a 40-hour week for workers earning under £75,000. But the likely result is modest extra output, massive relabelling of existing hours as “overtime”, and a bill far above Reform’s £5bn estimate. Our central estimate of the cost is £14bn. For that money […]
the laffer curve
Mar 31, 2025 Analysis

Untaxing – The Laffer curve, and the napkin that changed the world

Art Laffer drew a curve on a napkin in 1974 that he said proved that tax cuts would pay for themselves. This is sometimes right, and sometimes wrong – and it’s a mistake to just assume the answer without looking at the evidence. This article, written to accompany the first episode of Untaxing, looks at […]
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Dec 20, 2024 Analysis

Tax cuts and tax rises: do tax cuts pay for themselves?

It’s often claimed that tax cuts will “pay for themselves”. There’s good reason to believe that some historic tax cuts have done precisely this – what does that tell us about proposals for tax cuts today? And what does history tell us about the potential to increase revenues by raising tax on the highest earners? […]

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