The election is over but the debate about tax continues, at least this week as the people from Discuss bring their latest debate to the Central Library.
Should the rich pay more tax? As both main parties are committed to freezing VAT and National Insurance, and we have had promises of legally binding tax freezes on one hand and a determination to help support the least well off on the other. In these seemingly unending straitened times, what are the rights and wrongs of expecting those with the broadest shoulders to carry the biggest burden?
Already the largest contributors to HMRC, there will be continued debate on the fairness of expecting more from our wealthiest. But public mood appears to be to make the highest earners pay more than they are doing already and to bring in an increase in a top rate of tax or new measures altogether.
But could a clampdown on high earners lead to a flight of capital, as appears to have happened from France?
For the motion:
Mike Emmerich, co-founder Discuss
Lydia Ebdon, Managing Director, Approachable Accountants
Against the motion:
Steven Herring, Head of Taxation, Institute of Directors
John Ashcroft, Chief Executive, pro.manchester
In the chair:
Penny Haslam,Journalist and broadcaster, founder PHEW
Venue: Manchester Central Library
St Peters Square, Manchester, M2 5PD
Time: 13th May 2015, 6:30pm to 7.45pm
