Income tax

Forty-one per cent of Scots adults are not earning enough to be taxed

Author / Creator: Ferret Fact Service

Media type: Report

Date published: 2023

The claim that 41% of Scots adults are not earning enough to be taxed is Mostly True


Income tax

Author / Creator: Georgina Lee

Media type: Article

Date published: 2019

Scotland ranks 16th out of 27 European countries for the top rate of tax.


The distribution of income and growth in income tax revenue

Author / Creator: Scottish Fiscal Commission

Media type: Report

Date published: 2020

This paper we looks at how the distribution of income, as well as other factors, have contributed to growth in income tax revenues, both in Scotland and the UK.


How we forecast income tax

Author / Creator: Scottish Fiscal Commission

Media type: Report

Date published: 2021

This report from the Scottish Fiscal Commission sets out the approach to forecasting income tax. It explains the approach to forecasting income tax revenues and how  costings of Scottish Government policies are produced, including behavioural effects.


Sorted. A handbook for a better Scotland

Author / Creator: Commonweal

Media type: book

Date published: 2022

'Sorted' is a vision for a shared future in an independent Scotland.  A future which puts all of us first. It looks at what's possible and describes how we can make independence and Scotland successful.


Fantasy economics: alive and well on both sides of the border

Author / Creator: John McLaren

Media type: Opinion

Date published: 2022

In Scotland, very little economic scrutiny takes place and so poor policy continues to bumble along.


Going for growth – or broke?

Author / Creator: David Eiser

Media type: Article

Date published: 2022

Reaction to the Tax, Stamp Duty, Investment proposals in September 2022 UK budget.