The affect of increasing the top rate of income tax

The Times reports that the new 50% tax rate for Britain’s top earners is starting to have its predicted effect, of persuading some of those top earners to take their income elsewhere.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/money/tax/article6210414.ece

Q&A: Which indirect taxes give the government to most revenue?

There are many other indirect taxes and our chart below highlights six of them. As you can see the flow of tax revenue from indirect taxes on tobacco provides a very important source of money for the UK government. Together these six indirect taxes add nearly £20 billion annually into the government’s coffers.

http://www.tutor2u.net/blog/index.php/economics/comments/qa-which-indirect-taxes-give-the-government-to-most-revenue/

The shady world of tax havens

Panorama documentary on how people evade/avoid tax.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00hd3x0

Presentation - taxation

http://www.tutor2u.net/economics/presentations/a2economics/macro/FiscalPolicyTaxation/default.html

Notes on Direct and Indirect taxation

tutor2u notes.
http://tutor2u.net/economics/revision-notes/a2-macro-direct-indirect-taxation.html

Video - Laffer curve

Phil Holden on the Laffer curve
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnyeWcA2nXo

Some great notes on Taxation from 's-cool'

Some basic principles of taxation
http://s-cool.co.uk/alevel/economics/taxation-and-government-spending/some-basic-principles-of-taxation.html

Taxation in the UK
http://s-cool.co.uk/alevel/economics/taxation-and-government-spending/taxation-in-the-uk.html

Some key tax issues in the UK
http://s-cool.co.uk/alevel/economics/taxation-and-government-spending/some-key-tax-issues.html

Public Sector Net Cash Requirement (PSNCR)
http://s-cool.co.uk/alevel/economics/taxation-and-government-spending/the-public-sector-net-cash-requirement-psncr.html

TUC suggest taxing the rich at a higher rate

People taking home more than £100,000 a year should pay higher tax rates, the Trades Union Congress has suggested.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7602026.stm