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What tax changes could be on the Budget cards?

  • Describe some of the principles of the UK tax system
  • Explain the core concepts introduced by Adam Smith
  • Explain the challenges with raising CGT
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In conclusion, managing the country’s taxes in an efficient and equitable way while attaining the other yardsticks mentioned above and galvanising the society towards achieving significant investment and growth levels is a monumental challenge for the new government.

It will involve a few years of focused, disciplined and striving performance to steady the ship. It is also fraught with fierce political debate and needs strenuous efforts to maintain public support throughout.

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Roxanne Ameli is a tax accountant 

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Please answer the six multiple choice questions below in order to bank your CPD. Multiple attempts are available until all questions are correctly answered.

  1. Which of the following is NOT a potential consequence of an increase in GDP of 0.5 per cent?

  2. How much of the tax take is made up of the following taxes: income tax, national insurance contributions, VAT, and company taxes?

  3. An annual wealth tax has currently been ruled out, true or false?

  4. Which of the following is NOT one of Adam Smith's cardinal rules?

  5. Which of the following people would NOT be affected by equalising capital gains with income tax?

  6. Governments in higher rate tax countries have been genuinely concerned about the erosion of their tax revenue bases by competition from much lower rate tax countries, true or false?

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  • Describe some of the principles of the UK tax system
  • Explain the core concepts introduced by Adam Smith
  • Explain the challenges with raising CGT

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