Has the headline of the article changed? Interesting switch from tax take up to government spending on wages is up.
4.2% up sounds fine until you check what’s driving it. Corporation tax from a handful of US multinationals is doing a lot of heavy lifting in those numbers. A single restructuring decision in Cupertino or a bad quarter in the pharma sector and those figures swing hard. The underlying domestic tax base isn’t what’s growing.
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Has the headline of the article changed? Interesting switch from tax take up to government spending on wages is up.
4.2% up sounds fine until you check what’s driving it. Corporation tax from a handful of US multinationals is doing a lot of heavy lifting in those numbers. A single restructuring decision in Cupertino or a bad quarter in the pharma sector and those figures swing hard. The underlying domestic tax base isn’t what’s growing.
Anything to do with the fuel price