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.
围绕英国即将公布的预算案可能加税的猜测已进入白热化。最新报道称，财政大臣蕾切尔•里夫斯(Rachel Reeves)可能考虑从对外逃富人征收退出税，到针对高价值房产的征税等多种举措。为弥补如今可能高达300亿英镑的公共财政缺口，11月26日的财政发布会上势必要推出增收措施。然而，关于加税的各种传闻之所以令纳税人和投资者更加不安，是因为与之相比，关于工党政府如何控制支出、从而减少未来加税需求的计划要少得多。