Article 6WVZ Pitt’s rule for non-doms is only one tax that belongs in the dustbin of history

Pitt’s rule for non-doms is only one tax that belongs in the dustbin of history

by
Heather Stewart
from Economics | The Guardian on (#6WVZ)

As Labour and Tories argue over repealing legislation passed in 1799, other outdated forms of taxation need to be made clear, simple and fair

George Osborne, the arch-tactician, surely has at least one pre-election lollipop up his sleeve for Tuesday's Tory manifesto launch; but so far in the general election campaign, Labour have made the running on tax.

When Ed Miliband announced his party's pledge to abolish non-domiciled tax statutes, the Conservatives - unsure whether to attack Labour for destroying a useful quirk of the UK tax system, or condemn the policy as half-hearted "tinkering around the edges" - became bogged down in arguments about how much revenue abolition would raise.

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