tax revenue

How we set policy baselines

Author / Creator: Scottish Fiscal Commission

Media type: Report

Date published: 2024

A policy baseline is the set of values we include in our forecast covering all policy aspects of the tax
and social security systems. This includes factors such as tax and social security rates, thresholds,
payment amounts, eligibility criteria and implementation timings.


Taxing Land In Scotland

Author / Creator: Craig Dalzell

Media type: Article

Date published:

A proposal for a Local Authority controlled Land Tax with projected revenue for each Local Authority in Scotland


Careful What you Wish for? Risk and Reward with Scottish Tax Devolution

Author / Creator: Stuart Mcintyre

Media type: Article

Date published:

Debates on fiscal devolution typically focus upon the rewards, but as the case of Scottish tax devolution shows, the risks are real and require careful management. Politicians on all sides need to be careful what they wish for.


The truth about the annual GERS figures.

Author / Creator: The National

Media type: News Media

Date published:

There is no set of official accounts that tells us how an independent Scotland’s economy would fare, nor what its finances would look like. 


Taxing an independent Scotland

Author / Creator: Stuart Adam

Media type: Assessment report

Date published: 2014

If Scotland were to become independent it would gain considerably more control over its tax system. It could better match the income distribution differences between England and Scotland.


Policies for an independent Scotland? Putting the Independence White Paper in its fiscal context

Author / Creator: David Phillips

Media type: Assessment report

Date published: 2014

A conservative anslysis of prospects for taxation in an independent Scotland.


Fighting for Tax Jobs, Fighting For Justice: A Workers’ Alternative

Author / Creator: Craig Dalzell

Media type: consultation response

Date published:

The economic impact of HMRC’s plans to close departments around Scotland and establish two regional offices in Glasgow and Edinburgh will cause the loss of over 2,300 jobs and a negative impact on GDP of £89 million.