Taxing household saving

Published on 1 November 1997

As the Government considers what form the ISA should take, this Commentary documents the current state of savings and, in particular, the current tax treatment of savings. In the light of the experience of TESSAs and PEPS, we also consider several key features that the new Individual Savings Account might have.

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As the Government considers what form the ISA should take, this Commentary documents the current state of savings and, in particular, the current tax treatment of savings. In the light of the experience of TESSAs and PEPS, we also consider several key features that the new Individual Savings Account might have.

Authors

James Banks
James Banks

CPP Co-Director

James is Senior Research Fellow and Professor of Economics at Manchester, working on broad issues in the economics of retirement, savings and health.

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Andrew Dilnot

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Tanner, Tanner

Report details

DOI
10.1920/co.ifs.1997.0066
ISBN
978-1-873357-74-3
Publisher
IFS

Suggested citation

J, Banks and A, Dilnot and T, Tanner. (1997). Taxing household saving. London: IFS. Available at: https://ifs.org.uk/publications/taxing-household-saving (accessed: 26 April 2024).

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