Speculation around potential tax rises in the coming UK Budget has gone into overdrive. The latest reports suggest Chancellor Rachel Reeves may be considering everything from an exit tax on wealthy people fleeing the country to a raid on high-value properties. Revenue-raising measures will be needed at the fiscal event on November 26 to plug what could now be a ￡30bn hole in the public finances. But the swirl of rumours about higher levies is all the more unsettling for taxpayers and investors because much less has been announced on how the Labour government plans to restrain spending, and in turn reduce the need for future tax rises.
圍繞英國即將公布的預算案可能加稅的猜測已進入白熱化。最新報道稱，財政大臣蕾切爾?里夫斯(Rachel Reeves)可能考慮從對外逃富人征收退出稅，到針對高價值房產的征稅等多種舉措。為彌補如今可能高達300億英鎊的公共財政缺口，11月26日的財政發布會上勢必要推出增收措施。然而，關于加稅的各種傳聞之所以令納稅人和投資者更加不安，是因為與之相比，關于工黨政府如何控制支出、從而減少未來加稅需求的計劃要少得多。