Deborah Russell MP on tax legislation and policy

Terry's guest on the podcast today is Deborah Russell, MP with whom he co-authored Tax and Fairness book.  They dig into how the government and parliament legislate tax policy.  Deborah speaks on tax issues in parliament and explains the different ways that  Deborah is on the Finance and Expenditure Select Committee - what do they discuss? The Loss Ringfencing Bill going through parliament also focuses on getting GST from online sales Most tax legislation goes through unopposed - who knew? The working day of a parliamentarian - a 40 hour week done in 3 days The Inland Revenue IT upgrade - tax agents felt less-involved than they could Next week's budget - MPs get prior announcements an hour beforehand The living standards framework - based on Amartya Sen and Martha Nussbaum's work And a prize draw....