How are private pensions taxed?

Understand this issue

Drastic times need drastic action: breaking the 50-year tax taboo

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Rachel Reeves should consider increasing the basic rate, just as Denis Healey did in 1975 

14 April 2025

What is this government’s ‘theory of growth’? Nobody knows

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"Shifting the performance of an entire economy requires a long-term, consistent and persistent direction." Paul Johnson writes for the Times.

20 January 2025

How is tax damaging the housing market?

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We discuss how taxes like capital gains, stamp duty, and council tax impact the housing market, affecting affordability, renting, and homeownership.

18 December 2024

Policy analysis

Radical tax and spending plans are fine, but they must be realistic

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The rise of Reform and the Greens is healthy for democracy, but not if their manifestos are sheer fantasy 

12 May 2025

Here’s a pension tweak for nudging civil servants to work past 60

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Public sector pension rules are a mess that helps neither workers nor the government. Fixing them could be a win-win.

28 April 2025

Scottish Fiscal Sustainability Report – immediate response

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Today’s SFC report highlights the fiscal challenges facing the Scottish and UK governments over coming decades.

8 April 2025

Academic research

Landfill tax and recycling

journal article

This paper provides new empirical evidence on the role of landfill taxes in reducing landfill waste and promoting recycling.

6 May 2025

Focal pricing constraints and pass-through of input cost changes

working paper

I show that the adoption and extent of focal pricing practices in an industry in general do not lower average pass-through of input cost changes.

2 May 2025

Assessing income redistribution: what are the key analytic choices?

journal article

We present the extent of divergence in the literature on the stylised facts about income redistribution in rich countries.

6 May 2025