Tax the energy. Not the workers.
The UK raises £534 billion a year from taxing wages. Automation is destroying those jobs. SEBE taxes the physical infrastructure of automation (electricity consumption and cross-border data) instead of the workers being replaced.
Revenue trajectory
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I need the case, fast
Four-page summary with the problem, mechanism, revenue projections and the ask.
I want to stress-test it
Full academic brief, revenue model with workings, sensitivity analysis and cost model.
Explain it simply
Plain language guide. No jargon. What it is, who pays, what you get.
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There are two ways to explain how SEBE works. The intuitive one is wrong. The correct one involves a bathtub.
This needs challenge
SEBE has been through four rounds of adversarial review but has not had professional fiscal scrutiny. The revenue model is published with rates, tiers, source data and methodology. It is being submitted to the Green Party policy process, to IPPR, the Resolution Foundation, and HM Treasury. If you are an economist, policy researcher or fiscal analyst, the work is open. Break it or back it.