Alcohol duty is progressive. Why is everyone blithely asserting a sugar tax would be regressive?http://waitingfortax.com/2015/10/21/some-tentative-thoughts-on-a-sugar-tax/ …
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@JolyonMaugham@AislingTax@sarahwprior - off to make myself Kale smoothie.... ;)
@AislingTax @sarahwprior @JolyonMaugham I guess main shift wld be betwn diet & sugar sodas. Simpler to move 0 cal drinks to 0 rating 4 VAT?
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@MForstater@AislingTax@sarahwprior it'd depend on how you designed the tax- you'd certainly have regard to what the 'better' outcomes wereThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@MForstater@AislingTax@sarahwprior@JolyonMaugham retailers would keep prices equal and take the tax cut themselves -
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@MForstater@AislingTax@sarahwprior do you mean bear the extra tax burden? - 6 more replies
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@MForstater@sarahwprior@JolyonMaugham Can't move things to zero rated that weren't zero rated in 1991. Only to reduced rate of 5% -
@AislingTax@sarahwprior@JolyonMaugham Ah! Was thinking about design 4 behavior change - 'pigovian' like carbon or 'nudge' like bags
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