The £600 billion problem awaiting the next government podcastWe speak to David Gauke and Giles Wilkes, two experts who have been at the heart of the spending review process.25 April 2024
Be the Chancellor Our interactive tool lets you be the Chancellor. Change spending plans, set tax policies and see how your choices impact borrowing and debt.
Should we worry about government debt? podcastDavid Miles joins us to discuss high government debt and its impact on the economy. 11 April 2024
IFS Annual Lecture - Innovation and productivity policies: a budgetary perspective event 15 May 2024 Professor Heidi Williams (Dartmouth College) will deliver the 2024 IFS Annual Lecture on innovation and productivity policies.
Higher Education Access and Funding: challenges and policy options conference 14 May 2024 This one-day academic conference will look at access to and funding of Higher Education systems.
Jobs landing pageAt IFS, we recruit and train top-quality economists and professional support staff. We aim to foster a respectful and inclusive working environment.20 July 2022
Centre for the Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy The Research Centre at the heart of IFS is the CPP.
Reforming inheritance tax Report We set out issues with the inheritance tax system and examine options for reform and the distributional impacts of reforming or abolishing the tax. 27 September 2023
British tax system is in need of reform Comment "There are few corners of the British tax system that are not in urgent need of repair." Isaac Delestre writes for Taxation. 15 September 2023
Tax and public finances: the fundamentals Report This report highlights 10 key facts about UK tax and public finance policy that will underpin the choices faced by governments in coming decades. 23 August 2023
Abolishing inheritance tax would leave the country a terrible legacy Comment "I despair." Paul Johnson writes for the Times on the recent debate around abolishing inheritance tax. 17 July 2023
Should we abolish inheritance tax? Explainer Recently there have been calls to abolish inheritance tax. Paul Johnson takes us through the facts in 90 seconds. 7 June 2023
The stealth tax rise Podcast We look at the impact that freezing tax thresholds has on the tax people pay. 6 April 2023
IFS residential conference 2023 - Taxing top incomes: design issues & challenges beyond the politics Conference 30 March 2023 at 12:00 Oxford This conference, sponsored by CIOT, looked at the taxation of top incomes and asked how the system could be made more rational and effective.
Three key takeaways from our TaxDev Tax Expenditures Workshop Comment Tax expenditure reporting is vital but challenging – this briefing covers three key takeaways from a recent workshop on the topic. 17 March 2023
How to tax the rich? Podcast We talk non-doms, offshore trusts, capital gains and wealth taxes in a quest to answer the question: how should we tax the wealthy? 24 February 2023
Pass it on: who receives wealth transfers and when? Event 13 February 2023 at 14:00 At this online event we presented and discussed new research on intergenerational wealth transfers made during life.
How should pensions be taxed? Event 6 February 2023 at 16:00 Westminster, London This in-person event launched a new report, “A blueprint for a better tax treatment of pensions”, funded by the abrdn Financial Fairness Trust.
Death and taxes and pensions Report The tax system treats funds that remain in a pension at death extremely favourably. 15 December 2022
Mini-Budget 2022 and follow-up Collection Analysis of the government's tax and spending plans - and follow-up - announced as part of the mini-Budget. 17 October 2022
IFS Green Budget 2022 Report The IFS Green Budget 2022 takes stock of the economic and fiscal outlook following Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini-Budget and analyses the challenges ahead. 11 October 2022
Reforms, roll-outs and freezes in the tax and benefit system Report We show the impact of freezes and gradual roll-outs on personal taxes and benefits, as well as considering planned changes to the tax system. 6 October 2022
Mini-Budget response Comment The Chancellor announced the biggest package of tax cuts in 50 years without even a semblance of an effort to make the public finance numbers add up. 23 September 2022
Cost of maintaining household support package rises by £14bn in light of new energy price cap Comment Both Conservative leadership candidates have promised tax cuts on energy bills. How much would these help and what would they cost? 26 August 2022
Wealth, gifts and estate planning at the end of life Working Paper We quantify the size and tax-responsiveness of financial transfers made to heirs before death. 28 July 2022
The economic arguments for and against a wealth tax Presentation This presentation was given at an HMRC seminar. 15 July 2022
CIOT/IFS Debate: How should the tax system treat pension saving? Presentation How should the tax system treat pension saving? Is the answer different in a world of ‘pension freedoms’? These are some of the questions our expert panel will consider in this topical debate. 5 July 2022
