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

Stuart Adam and Jonathan Shaw
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This presentation was given at the launch of a report on the taxation of savings on 16 February 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 ...
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Millions to be taken out of the savings tax net, but taxes and charges continue to make decisions hard for savers
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