Dan Neidle

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Founder of Tax Policy Associates Ltd. Tax realist. @danneidle on Twitter

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Property118 have published an ebook full of property tax advice. An SDLT specialist on our team took a look, and found two very serious errors: taxpolicy.org.uk/2024/07/14/p...

Property118 - more hopelessly wrong tax advice for landlordstaxpolicy.org.uk We have previously reported on an unregulated firm called “Property118”, which promoted a series of landlord tax avoidance schemes. HMRC took action, and Property118 has resorted to asking their…

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. taxpolicy.org.uk/2024/07/05/h...

Half the British public doesn’t understand income tax - new datataxpolicy.org.uk 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.

I've put together a dozen tax reform suggestions for the next Chancellor: taxpolicy.org.uk/2024/07/04/a...

A tax reform agenda for tomorrow’s Chancellortaxpolicy.org.uk At a time when the UK’s finances look fragile, the new Chancellor would be forgiven for thinking the only purpose of changing the tax system is to raise Government funding. There is, however…

A fake Instagram account in my name (with underscore) is messaging people who know me. Don’t know what the scam is, but please watch out… and if people on Insta could report it, I’d be really grateful.

Exclusive report: a series of errors by HMRC let Paul Baxendale-Walker, probably the UK's most notorious tax avoider, escape a £14m penalty. He's threatening to prosecute me for harassment, sue me for libel and sue me for £500,000 if I report this. Here’s our report: taxpolicy.org.uk/2024/06/19/b...

HMRC errors let a notorious tax avoider escape a £14m penaltytaxpolicy.org.uk Paul Baxendale-Walker is probably the UK’s most notorious tax avoidance scheme promoter. He’s the former barrister and solicitor who helped create the “loan schemes” that cost the country £billions…

Reform UK has published its manifesto. They plan tax cuts which they say will cost £70bn; however our analysis shows that they've miscalculated, and the actual cost will be at least £93bn. taxpolicy.org.uk/2024/06/17/r...

Our take on the Reform UK manifestotaxpolicy.org.uk Reform UK has published its manifesto. They plan tax cuts which they say will cost £70bn; however our analysis shows that they’ve miscalculated, and the actual cost will be at least £93bn.

The Lib Dems just published their manifesto, with a surprisingly ambitious £27bn of tax rises. However around £19bn of this looks questionable. taxpolicy.org.uk/2024/06/10/2...

Our take on the Lib Dem manifestotaxpolicy.org.uk The Lib Dem manifesto is here and a separate costings document is here. It claims to raise £27bn from tax increases. There is very little detail, but five items seem questionable…

Stamp duty is a terrible tax. The Tories want to abolish it for most first time buyers. But the evidence shows that cutting stamp duty increases house prices. There is, however, a solution: taxpolicy.org.uk/2024/06/09/s...

How to abolish stamp duty without raising house pricestaxpolicy.org.uk Stamp duty is a terrible tax. The Tories want to abolish it for most first time buyers. But the evidence shows that cutting stamp duty increases house prices, and that previous attempts to provide…

New investigation: how a conspiracy theory makes £500k a month from the vulnerable taxpolicy.org.uk/matrix_freedom

How a conspiracy theory makes £500k a month from the vulnerabletaxpolicy.org.uk Iain Clifford Stamp and Matrix Freedom sell a scheme which falsely claims to make your mortgage disappear. The High Court just confirmed it’s nonsense.

The Green Party says it will raise £50bn in tax from the "richest". But their proposal will probably end up affecting half of all households. taxpolicy.org.uk/2024/06/07/g...

The Green Party - very shy about a big tax increasetaxpolicy.org.uk The Green Party says it will raise £50bn in tax from the “richest”. But their proposal will probably end up affecting half of all households. Whilst some of the very wealthiest will pay no additional…

I won’t be talking much about the general election tax debate, because it's irrelevant. When total tax receipts approach a trillion pounds, and OBR tax receipts forecasts are lucky to get within £30bn of the true figure, arguing about £10bn here or £10bn there is pointless.

Why the general election tax debate is irrelevanttaxpolicy.org.uk The general election tax debate has been irrelevant. The few £bn being discussed is dwarfed by the actual tax UK tax increases over the last few years, and the further tax increases we’ll almost…

Did Jeremy Hunt avoid SDLT in 2018? Some people on social media are convinced that he did. We've analysed the transaction and believe it's clear that he didn't. taxpolicy.org.uk/2024/06/03/t...

Did Jeremy Hunt avoid SDLT in 2018?taxpolicy.org.uk Some people on social media are convinced that Jeremy Hunt avoided tax when he bought seven flats through a company in 2018. We’ve analysed the transaction and believe it’s clear that he didn’t.

The Independent Schools Council commissioned a survey on parents' responses to VAT on private school fees. It was statistically meaningless, and the authors of the report say they told this to the ISC. 1/2

How the Independent Schools Council created a misleading headlinetaxpolicy.org.uk The Independent Schools Council commissioned a survey on parents’ responses to VAT on private school fees. It was statistically meaningless, and the authors of the report say they told this to the ISC...

I hope these reports are wrong. The “British ISA” is a terrible idea that encourages bad investments, and will mostly send those investments outside the UK. www.cityam.com/general-elec...

General Election 2024: Labour backs British ISA plans but Natwest share sale under 'review'www.cityam.com Labour will push ahead with plans for a British ISA if elected but will keep the much-hyped sale of Natwest shares under “review”,

Labour and the Tories have both said they can raise £6bn from cracking down on tax avoidance and evasion. How plausible is this? taxpolicy.org.uk/2024/05/27/i...

Is there a £6bn tax avoidance magic money tree?taxpolicy.org.uk Labour and the Tories have both said they can raise £6bn from cracking down on tax avoidance and evasion. How plausible is this? James Cleverly said yesterday that the Conservatives would raise £6bn…

The SRA has just referred Nadhim Zahawi's solicitor to the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal for his attempt to silence me with a false assertion of confidentiality. Some thoughts on what this means for the solicitor, for SLAPPs, and for Zahawi: taxpolicy.org.uk/2024/05/10/n...

Nadhim Zahawi’s lawyer at Osborne Clarke may now be struck offtaxpolicy.org.uk Nadhim Zahawi’s attempt to silence me has now resulted in disciplinary action for his lawyer. This is a short piece on why it happened, and what it means – for the lawyer, for SLAPPs…

We’ve just done some opinion polling, courtesy of WeThink, which 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.

"I've been accused of being a misogynist Tory shill and a Labour puppet." Piece by me in the New Statesman: www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...

I looked into Angela Rayner’s tax affairs – here’s what I foundwww.newstatesman.com A tax expert explores questions over the deputy Labour leader’s capital gains tax and council house sale.

How, for CGT purposes, you can be "living together" even if you're not living together. A short piece on the dangers of trying to interpret tax legislation you're unfamiliar with. taxpolicy.org.uk/2024/04/12/l...

Are you living with your spouse? The unreal world of CGTtaxpolicy.org.uk It’s very hard for normal people to understand tax legislation, and it’s often equally hard for tax lawyers, unless they have a deep familiarity with the rules. Here’s an example…

The Post Office's incompetent compensation process left thousands of postmasters with large tax liabilities. When we revealed this, the Government forced the Post Office to fix the situation - but the Post Office did so far too slowly…

The Post Office has finally stopped intimidating postmasters into silence; but it’s too late. More here on the "without prejudice" scandal: taxpolicy.org.uk/2024/03/30/p...

The Post Office stopped gagging postmasters - but it’s too latetaxpolicy.org.uk Aside from the labelling of nil offers which we accept was inappropriate, and without waiving privilege in their advice, our legal advisers confirmed that the ‘Without Prejudice’ label on offers of…

The weird campaign that says you're legally entitled to stop paying your tax to protest the war in Gaza, and its weirder roots in the racist US far-right: taxpolicy.org.uk/2024/03/19/f...

No, you can’t legally stop paying tax as an anti-war protesttaxpolicy.org.uk They say you can legally stop paying tax to protest the war in Gaza, or even that it is illegal for you to pay tax. The claims are false and have no legal basis.

If anyone has questions for me on frankly anything, I'm doing a Reddit "ask me anything" at the moment: www.reddit.com/r/ukpolitics...

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Another shocking abuse of libel law: a woman making credible rape accusations, silenced by her attacker. The lawyers are basically working for free; there's now a crowdfunder to cover the cost of a medical report. Please consider donating. www.crowdjustice.com/case/justice...

Justice for a survivor of rapewww.crowdjustice.com

How I accidentally blundered into an invisible campaign to censor the internet: taxpolicy.org.uk/2024/02/17/t...

The epidemic of fraudulent DMCA takedownstaxpolicy.org.uk There’s an enormous and largely invisible campaign to use fraudulent notices under the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act to remove critical articles from the internet. We don’t know who is running…

We've an exclusive report on a loophole in the Lobbying Act. A consultant lobbying Ministers on behalf of UK clients has to register their activity. The loophole means that a consultant lobbying only on behalf of foreign businesses or governments does not. taxpolicy.org.uk/2024/02/16/l...

The loophole that enables secret lobbying by foreign companiestaxpolicy.org.uk A mistake in the Lobbying Act means that lobbyists acting only for foreign clients don’t have to register their lobbying. A big loophole that should be closed.

What happens when tax avoiders are caught? The latest on Less Tax for Landlords: taxpolicy.org.uk/2024/02/12/l...

Less Tax for Landlords - what happened when they were caught?taxpolicy.org.uk Less Tax for Landlords and The Bailey Group sold a landlord tax avoidance scheme involving an LLP “hybrid partnership”. We reported back in October that the scheme was technically hopeless…

Rishi Sunak has now published his “tax return” (scare quotes because it’s just a one page summary), and so some people are discovering for the first time that we tax capital gains on shares at a much lower rate than we tax employment income.

So it turns out Mogul Press fraudulently abused DMCA takedown notices to remove our criticism of their deceptive business practices taxpolicy.org.uk/2024/01/27/m...

Mogul Press - using fraud to silence criticism of their deceptive business practicestaxpolicy.org.uk I've written previously about a business called Mogul Press, which spams people on social media from fake profiles, often with stolen photos of real people. They claim to be a "PR agency" but their bu...

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