The effects of taxes and charges on saving incentives in the UK

Stuart Adam; Jonathan Shaw

The effects of taxes and charges on saving incentives in the UK

Stuart Adam and Jonathan Shaw

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16 Feb 2016

This presentation was given at the launch of a report on the taxation of savings on 16 February 2016.

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Institute for Fiscal Studies

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16 Feb 2016

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The effects of taxes and charges on saving incentives in the UK

In this report we describe the forms in which household wealth is held, we set out the effects of the current UK tax system on the incentive to save in different assets, we consider the implications of a number of reforms due to be introduced or currently under consideration, and we analyse the ...

16 Feb 2016

Press release

Millions to be taken out of the savings tax net, but taxes and charges continue to make decisions hard for savers

Savers face a complex and changing array of different tax treatments. These differences are big and can make the cost of choosing the ‘wrong’ savings vehicle very large. In addition apparently small differences in fees and charges can outweigh the effects of different tax treatments. Meanwhile ...