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Budget measures

Presentation

Presentation given at the IFS post budget briefing, 21 March, 2013.

21 March 2013

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Better options exist to help low earners than 10p tax rate

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In a speech in Bedford today, the Leader of the Opposition, Ed Miliband, has proposed reintroducing a 10% income tax rate on a narrow band of income, to be paid for by a new ‘mansion tax’ on residential properties worth more than £2 million. In this observation, IFS researchers explain why there are better alternatives to both of these policies that would have similar distributional effects.

14 February 2013

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The Effects of the Welfare Benefits Up-rating Bill

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The Welfare Benefits Up-rating Bill proposes to cap the annual increases in most working-age benefits at 1% in cash terms in 2014-15 and 2015-16, in addition to the 1% cap on increases already confirmed for 2013-14. This observation examines the effects of this proposal on incomes and work incentives, and puts this in the broader context of trends during the recession and subsequent fiscal tightening

7 January 2013

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Autumn Statement 2012: IFS analysis

Event 6 December 2012 at 13:00 <p>Store Street, London, WC1E 7BT</p>
The Autumn Statement 2012 will be made by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, on Wednesday 5 December at 12.30pm. IFS researchers will present their analysis at a briefing the following day, Thursday 6 December.
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Lifetime inequality and redistribution

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In this paper we look at lifetime inequality to address two main questions: How well does a modern tax system, based on annual information, target lifetime inequality? What aspects of the tranfser system are most progressive from a lifetime perspective?

31 October 2012

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Lifetime inequality and redistribution

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This paper looks at lifetime inequality to address two main questions: How well does a modern tax system, based on annual information, target lifetime inequality? and What aspects of the transfer system are most progressive from a lifetime perspective?

16 October 2012