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Scotland 'should grasp nettle' of council tax reform

Holyrood should go further in overhauling taxation, research by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has concluded.

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By Martin Ford | 15 April 2021

Scotland should go further in overhauling taxation, research by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has concluded.

IFS analysis found council tax had been made ‘less regressive' by the Scottish Government by increasing rates on bands E to H.

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