Just a thought: General election and tax

In his first speech after his Conservative party won a landslide majority in the December 2019 general election Boris Johnson said: ‘Let's unite this country. Let's spread opportunity to every corner of the UK with superb education superb infrastructure and technology. Let's get Brexit done.’

But what about tax? As ever various tax experts and bodies have not been shy in coming forward with their thoughts.

The election majority has given the Conservatives the opportunity to reform several domestic policy areas said Phil Hall head of public policy and public affairs at the Association of Accounting Technicians. He said the party’s ‘manifesto commitment to “review and reform” entrepreneurs’ relief should be swiftly put into action’.

Further the association ‘would like to see a Conservative government go much further on its proposed plastic packaging tax to give serious consideration to reforming stamp duty and to...