Dan Neidle
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Founder of Tax Policy Associates Ltd. Tax realist. @danneidle on Twitter
This post went viral on X (but not here or on other platforms)... but I fear many missed my point.
The video is funny and compelling but makes a bad error. It ignores incentives.
The policy proposed would likely *increase* private jet emissions.
The video is funny and compelling but makes a bad error. It ignores incentives.
The policy proposed would likely *increase* private jet emissions.
November 10, 2025 at 10:58 AM
This post went viral on X (but not here or on other platforms)... but I fear many missed my point.
The video is funny and compelling but makes a bad error. It ignores incentives.
The policy proposed would likely *increase* private jet emissions.
The video is funny and compelling but makes a bad error. It ignores incentives.
The policy proposed would likely *increase* private jet emissions.
We reported last week on the uncomfortable reality of doubling council tax on Band G and Band H homes - 80% of the revenues would come from Band G.
New analysis from Chaminda Jayanetti at PoliticsHome shows another real source of unfairness...
New analysis from Chaminda Jayanetti at PoliticsHome shows another real source of unfairness...
November 9, 2025 at 3:10 PM
We reported last week on the uncomfortable reality of doubling council tax on Band G and Band H homes - 80% of the revenues would come from Band G.
New analysis from Chaminda Jayanetti at PoliticsHome shows another real source of unfairness...
New analysis from Chaminda Jayanetti at PoliticsHome shows another real source of unfairness...
This video is brilliant: buff.ly/1zyTWmM
Seems a total slam dunk that owners of private jets should pay fuel duties. Doesn't it?
The answer is annoying.
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Seems a total slam dunk that owners of private jets should pay fuel duties. Doesn't it?
The answer is annoying.
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Private jets don't pay fuel tax. Now I don't either.
You pay fuel duty. Why don’t billionaires? This week, we launched WeWingAnyCar.com to help you qualify for the same tax breaks that private jets get.
Because tax loopholes shouldn’t just be for…
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November 8, 2025 at 9:34 AM
This video is brilliant: buff.ly/1zyTWmM
Seems a total slam dunk that owners of private jets should pay fuel duties. Doesn't it?
The answer is annoying.
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Seems a total slam dunk that owners of private jets should pay fuel duties. Doesn't it?
The answer is annoying.
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Shocking article in the Sheffield Tribune. A solicitor, Andrew Milne, buying up freeholds of houses and then making (false) threats to the leaseholders to bully them into buying the freehold at a huge premium.
November 7, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Shocking article in the Sheffield Tribune. A solicitor, Andrew Milne, buying up freeholds of houses and then making (false) threats to the leaseholders to bully them into buying the freehold at a huge premium.
Douglas Barrowman and Michelle Mone made £65m selling faulty PPE to the Government.
HMRC now wants £39m in unpaid tax — and we think we know why: Barrowman and Mone may have avoided tax on their £65m profit.
HMRC now wants £39m in unpaid tax — and we think we know why: Barrowman and Mone may have avoided tax on their £65m profit.
November 6, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Douglas Barrowman and Michelle Mone made £65m selling faulty PPE to the Government.
HMRC now wants £39m in unpaid tax — and we think we know why: Barrowman and Mone may have avoided tax on their £65m profit.
HMRC now wants £39m in unpaid tax — and we think we know why: Barrowman and Mone may have avoided tax on their £65m profit.
What if there was a consensus on the tax reforms the UK needs?
What if it was backed by policy experts from think tanks across the political spectrum, from the Adam Smith Institute to the Resolution Foundation?
The consensus is real. The question is: will anyone act on it?
What if it was backed by policy experts from think tanks across the political spectrum, from the Adam Smith Institute to the Resolution Foundation?
The consensus is real. The question is: will anyone act on it?
November 5, 2025 at 9:51 AM
What if there was a consensus on the tax reforms the UK needs?
What if it was backed by policy experts from think tanks across the political spectrum, from the Adam Smith Institute to the Resolution Foundation?
The consensus is real. The question is: will anyone act on it?
What if it was backed by policy experts from think tanks across the political spectrum, from the Adam Smith Institute to the Resolution Foundation?
The consensus is real. The question is: will anyone act on it?
Those appalling neoliberal capitalists at the Guardian have just published a piece calling for stamp duty on shares to be abolished or cut.
They're right.
They're right.
November 4, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Those appalling neoliberal capitalists at the Guardian have just published a piece calling for stamp duty on shares to be abolished or cut.
They're right.
They're right.
Carter-Ruck, the UK’s most notorious libel firm, used abusive litigation to silence criticism of a former Tory donor.
The Solicitors Regulation Authority is investigating - but Carter-Ruck just filed a judicial review. If successful, they'll have total impunity.
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The Solicitors Regulation Authority is investigating - but Carter-Ruck just filed a judicial review. If successful, they'll have total impunity.
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November 4, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Carter-Ruck, the UK’s most notorious libel firm, used abusive litigation to silence criticism of a former Tory donor.
The Solicitors Regulation Authority is investigating - but Carter-Ruck just filed a judicial review. If successful, they'll have total impunity.
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The Solicitors Regulation Authority is investigating - but Carter-Ruck just filed a judicial review. If successful, they'll have total impunity.
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The Sunday Times reported that the Government was drawing up plans for an exit tax.
If I was a Government thinking about introducing an exit tax, the *last* thing I'd do is give any hint that's what I was about to do. Or people will leave to pre-empt it.
If I was a Government thinking about introducing an exit tax, the *last* thing I'd do is give any hint that's what I was about to do. Or people will leave to pre-empt it.
November 2, 2025 at 1:02 PM
The Sunday Times reported that the Government was drawing up plans for an exit tax.
If I was a Government thinking about introducing an exit tax, the *last* thing I'd do is give any hint that's what I was about to do. Or people will leave to pre-empt it.
If I was a Government thinking about introducing an exit tax, the *last* thing I'd do is give any hint that's what I was about to do. Or people will leave to pre-empt it.
The FT reported a "Budget tax raid on the owners of expensive homes", expected to raise around £4bn.
But 80% of that comes from the homes in the *second* highest council tax band.
As with many tax increases, most of the burden falls on the not-so-rich.
Here's why:
But 80% of that comes from the homes in the *second* highest council tax band.
As with many tax increases, most of the burden falls on the not-so-rich.
Here's why:
November 2, 2025 at 11:22 AM
The FT reported a "Budget tax raid on the owners of expensive homes", expected to raise around £4bn.
But 80% of that comes from the homes in the *second* highest council tax band.
As with many tax increases, most of the burden falls on the not-so-rich.
Here's why:
But 80% of that comes from the homes in the *second* highest council tax band.
As with many tax increases, most of the burden falls on the not-so-rich.
Here's why:
The fundamental problem:
58% of voters want public spending maintained or increased.
67% want taxes to stay at their current level or be cut.
In reality, it’s a binary choice. Taxes go up, or spending is cut. That’s it.
58% of voters want public spending maintained or increased.
67% want taxes to stay at their current level or be cut.
In reality, it’s a binary choice. Taxes go up, or spending is cut. That’s it.
October 31, 2025 at 12:00 PM
The fundamental problem:
58% of voters want public spending maintained or increased.
67% want taxes to stay at their current level or be cut.
In reality, it’s a binary choice. Taxes go up, or spending is cut. That’s it.
58% of voters want public spending maintained or increased.
67% want taxes to stay at their current level or be cut.
In reality, it’s a binary choice. Taxes go up, or spending is cut. That’s it.
Lots of people say the Government should significantly cut spending. Hardly any spell out how that could be achieved.
So kudos to the Policy Exchange for a serious-minded report proposing spending cuts taking the size of the state down to where it was before the pandemic.
So kudos to the Policy Exchange for a serious-minded report proposing spending cuts taking the size of the state down to where it was before the pandemic.
October 30, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Lots of people say the Government should significantly cut spending. Hardly any spell out how that could be achieved.
So kudos to the Policy Exchange for a serious-minded report proposing spending cuts taking the size of the state down to where it was before the pandemic.
So kudos to the Policy Exchange for a serious-minded report proposing spending cuts taking the size of the state down to where it was before the pandemic.
Thanks for all your messages of support.
Lots of people asked, but I won't be crowdfunding this because I expect to win. Even if I don't get my costs back, feels wrong to ask for money from people who in many cases will have less than me.
Lots of people asked, but I won't be crowdfunding this because I expect to win. Even if I don't get my costs back, feels wrong to ask for money from people who in many cases will have less than me.
I am being personally sued for more than £8m by a barrister, Setu Kamal. I believe this is one of the largest English libel claims ever made.
October 24, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Thanks for all your messages of support.
Lots of people asked, but I won't be crowdfunding this because I expect to win. Even if I don't get my costs back, feels wrong to ask for money from people who in many cases will have less than me.
Lots of people asked, but I won't be crowdfunding this because I expect to win. Even if I don't get my costs back, feels wrong to ask for money from people who in many cases will have less than me.
About to start, but not too late to get a ticket:
October 23, 2025 at 5:00 PM
About to start, but not too late to get a ticket:
I am being personally sued for more than £8m by a barrister, Setu Kamal. I believe this is one of the largest English libel claims ever made.
October 23, 2025 at 8:34 AM
I am being personally sued for more than £8m by a barrister, Setu Kamal. I believe this is one of the largest English libel claims ever made.
In case you missed it, for everyone here who's a law firm partner earning £1m+, we've a calculator webapp to let you estimate how much employer NICs would cost you:
taxpolicy.org.uk/2025/10/21/p...
taxpolicy.org.uk/2025/10/21/p...
The £2bn lawyer tax - should Rachel Reeves tax LLPs?
Rachel Reeves is considering charging Employer NICs on LLPs — a move that could raise £2 billion and reshape how doctors, lawyers and others are taxed.
taxpolicy.org.uk
October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
In case you missed it, for everyone here who's a law firm partner earning £1m+, we've a calculator webapp to let you estimate how much employer NICs would cost you:
taxpolicy.org.uk/2025/10/21/p...
taxpolicy.org.uk/2025/10/21/p...
lovely thread about how partnerships turned into LLPs...
When I was elevated from staff to partnership at KPMG in 1999, there were no Limited Liability Partnerships. Partnerships had unlimited “joint and several” liability - I was liable for claims against fellow partners (as partners of KPMG, not more generally) and vice versa.
Chancellor plans a £2bn tax raid on lawyers, doctors and accountants
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
October 22, 2025 at 12:11 PM
lovely thread about how partnerships turned into LLPs...
What could be easier and more popular than raising £2bn by taxing lawyers?
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October 22, 2025 at 8:13 AM
What could be easier and more popular than raising £2bn by taxing lawyers?
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October 21, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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A "British ISA" was a terrible idea when the Conservatives were thinking about it, and it remains a terrible idea today.
October 21, 2025 at 8:00 AM
A "British ISA" was a terrible idea when the Conservatives were thinking about it, and it remains a terrible idea today.
Hello, internet. The definition of tax evasion is not "when people I don't like politically do it, it's tax evasion"
October 20, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Hello, internet. The definition of tax evasion is not "when people I don't like politically do it, it's tax evasion"
People often ask me "why can't tax avoidance be made illegal"?
It's a good question. I recently tried quite hard to make one of the worst kinds of tax avoidance illegal. I think I got it wrong.
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It's a good question. I recently tried quite hard to make one of the worst kinds of tax avoidance illegal. I think I got it wrong.
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October 20, 2025 at 12:14 PM
People often ask me "why can't tax avoidance be made illegal"?
It's a good question. I recently tried quite hard to make one of the worst kinds of tax avoidance illegal. I think I got it wrong.
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It's a good question. I recently tried quite hard to make one of the worst kinds of tax avoidance illegal. I think I got it wrong.
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Amazing story in The Times. Reform UK failed to pay VAT to HMRC on its sales (tickets, merchandise). About £400k in all.
Not tax avoidance. Not tax evasion. They just didn't realise when you sell stuff you have to charge VAT.
Not tax avoidance. Not tax evasion. They just didn't realise when you sell stuff you have to charge VAT.
October 20, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Amazing story in The Times. Reform UK failed to pay VAT to HMRC on its sales (tickets, merchandise). About £400k in all.
Not tax avoidance. Not tax evasion. They just didn't realise when you sell stuff you have to charge VAT.
Not tax avoidance. Not tax evasion. They just didn't realise when you sell stuff you have to charge VAT.
Some of the worst people are taking advantage of farmers' fears about IHT changes to sell them doomed schemes to avoid the tax.
The worst of the worst is a man called Iain Clifford.
The worst of the worst is a man called Iain Clifford.
October 19, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Some of the worst people are taking advantage of farmers' fears about IHT changes to sell them doomed schemes to avoid the tax.
The worst of the worst is a man called Iain Clifford.
The worst of the worst is a man called Iain Clifford.