Self-employed should pay equal tax with employees, says top thinktank
The self-employed and small business owners should pay as much tax as the employed, influential think-tank the Institute for Fiscal Studies argues.
The current tax system does not really work for anybody, says the IFS in its report published today. The self-employed pay National Insurance and income tax at lower levels than their employed counterparts – often when they are doing the same job for companies.
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