- Restricting pension tax relief to the basic rate of income tax might raise £14.5 billion of additional revenue per annum.
- Abolishing the VAT exemption for financial services within the UK might raise £8.7 billion of additional tax revenue per annum.
- Reforming national insurance charges on higher levels of earned income in the UK might raise an additional £12.5 billion of tax revenue per annum.
- Aligning capital gains tax and income tax rates in the UK might raise more than £12 billion in additional tax a year.
- Abolishing capital gains tax entrepreneur’s relief, which might raise approximately £2.2 billion of additional tax a year.
- Recreating an investment income surcharge in the UK tax system might raise up to £18 billion of extra tax revenue a year.
- Capping the rate at which tax relief is given on charitable donations under Gift Aid might raise £740 million in tax a year
- Abolishing the VAT exemption for services supplied by private schools might raise £1.6 billion in tax a year
- The UK needs better estimation of its tax gap to prevent the illicit accumulation of wealth. No tax estimate has been made as part of this recommendation.
- Capping ISA contributions to £100,000 in a lifetime might raise £100 million in tax a year.
- Reforming the administration of corporation tax in the UK might raise at least £6 billion of tax a year.
- Increasing the corporation tax rate for the UK’s largest companies could raise £7 billion in tax annually.
- Reducing the annual exempt amount of capital gains a person might enjoy a year to £1,000 might raise at least £0.4 billion of additional tax
- Charging capital gains tax on the final disposal of a person’s main residence might raise £10 billion of tax a year.
- The UK needs to undertake tax spillover assessments if tax abuse is to be beaten.
- Abolishing the inheritance tax exemption on some funds retained in pension arrangements at the time of a person’s death might raise £1.3 billion a year.
- Reforming inheritance tax business property relief might raise £3.2 billion of tax a year.
- Reforming inheritance tax agricultural property relief might raise £1.0 billion of tax a year.
- Reforming Companies House might raise £6 billion of tax a year.
- Reforming the rates at which inheritance tax is charged might make the tax considerably more progressive, even if it does not raise revenue.
- Restricting charity tax reliefs to prevent their abuse is important to protect the charity sector from risk.
- Reintroducing close company rules for income and corporation tax could raise at least £3 billion of tax a year
- Abolishing the domicile rule for tax purposes might raise £3.2 billion of tax revenue a year.
- Council tax reforms are essential to increase the progressivity of local taxation.
- The reform of the use of ISA funds could result in the saving of at least £3.7 billion of tax subsidies a year and release £70 billion a year for investment in a UK Green New Deal
- Reforming the conditions attached to pension tax relief could release £35 billion a year for investment in a UK Green New Deal
- Reforming student taxation is required to create horizontal and vertical tax equity within our tax system and would cost £4 billion a year.
Cumulatively, these recommendations have a total tax