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    The Mirrlees Review: a proposal for systematic tax reform
    (National Tax Association, 2012) Mirrlees, J.; Adam, S.; Besley, T.; Blundell, R.; Bond, S.; Chote, R.; Gammie, M.; Johnson, P.; Myles, G.; Poterba, J.
    Based on the best available theory and evidence, the Mirrlees Review sets out a comprehensive set of proposals for tax reform. While focused on the UK, its analysis and conclusions bear directly on the policy debate in other developed countries. The Review proposes a move to a more neutral tax system. Key ingredients include adjusting the personal tax and welfare system to achieve redistribution more efficiently, imposing VAT on a broader base of consumption at a single rate, targeting environmental externalities more accurately, and aligning tax rates across all income sources while exempting the normal return to saving from tax, and introducing an allowance for corporate equity into the corporate tax system.
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    The Mirrlees review: conclusions and recommendations for reform
    (Wiley, 2011) Mirrlees, J.; Adam, S.; Besley, T.; Blundell, R.; Bond, S.; Chote, R.; Gammie, M.; Johnson, P.; Myles, G.; Poterba, J.
    This paper provides a summary of the conclusions and recommendations of the Mirrlees Review of the UK tax system. The characteristics that a good tax system should possess are described and used to assess the current UK system. A package of reforms for the UK system which will move it closer to the ideal is proposed. Issues related to transition and to practical implementation of the reform package are discussed.