Raising revenue: lessons from the Mirrlees Review

Paul Johnson

Published on 17 June 2010

We draw upon the Mirrlees Review of the tax system to examine how the Government might want to think about raising extra revenue.

We look at how the Government might want to think about raising extra revenue, if it feels that is necessary. In doing so, we draw on some of the lessons of the Mirrlees Review of the tax system.

Authors

Paul Johnson

Director

Paul has been the Director of the IFS since 2011. He is also currently visiting professor in the Department of Economics at University College London.