London flat tax debate, 26 January

The Economist and Stockholm Network have organised a debate on flat tax in London this Thursday, 26 January at 6 for 6.30pm.

Flat tax systems now dominate much of Eastern Europe, and over here, the Tories are investigating whether Britain can follow suit. The hope is that a flat tax system would galvanise the economy by making it pay for people to work harder; also it would take many people out of the income tax system altogether; and could help to combat the increasing complexity of the tax system. But would it work? Is it a fairer system for all, not just in theory, but in practice? Or is it just a disguised tax cut for the rich which would hurt middle Britain and leave the least wealthy of us even worse off?

Chair - Paul Wallace, British Economy correspondent, The Economist
Speakers - Allister Heath, Deputy Editor of The Business
Prof. Lord Richard Layard, founder of the LSE Centre for Economic Performance, directs LSE Well-Being Programme
Ondrej Socuvka, Advisor to the PM of the Slovak Republic (Macroeconomics and Foreign Investments)

This event is complimentary, however seats are limited, so please RSVP Sacha as soon as possible.

Comments

[r4 revolution]

I heard the same whisper of “raise taxes.” I have a copy of the video that was streamed that I’ll check and see if it was included on (maybe they were able to dub it out on the stream); I’ll reply if I find anything.