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Tax policy after the elections—an initial reaction

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Published on: 11 May 2015

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Background
Will there be an Emergency Budget as there often is at the start of a new government?
Where do you expect to see greater efforts focussed to reduce tax evasion and avoidance?
What kind of approach do you expect George Osborne to take as Chancellor?
Now that Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls has lost his seat, how difficult will it be for Labour to develop tax policy without him?
To what extent could there be compromises with the Scottish Nationalist Party?
Would you expect that the Scots will take a while to work out their tax policy?

Article summary

Tax analysis: The votes have been counted and the results are in. Patrick Stevens, tax policy director at the Chartered Institute of Taxation, and Chris Lee, tax advisor and founder of Fiscability UK, consider possible tax policy changes under the new government.

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