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As the Chancellor prepares for her next Budget, attention is turning to how more tax revenue could be raised. What options are on the table - and what would they mean for households, businesses and the wider economy?
Helen Miller is joined by IFS colleague Stuart Adam and tax expert Dan Neidle to explore the choices facing the Treasury. They discuss options from income tax and frozen thresholds to landlords, partnerships, pensions, and property taxes, asking which levers make sense and which should be left well alone.
Recorded live as part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science.
Zooming in: discussion questions
These are a set of questions designed for A Level economics students to discuss, written by teacher Will Haines.
1. The Chancellor could raise the income tax rate or the income tax threshold. Outline the benefits and costs of each option for the government.
2. If the government introduced national insurance on landlords, how may this impact the housing market?
3. The main taxes discussed in this episode are income tax, national insurance, council tax, capital gains tax and VAT. Identify which tax you would change and why.
Host
Helen Miller
Helen joined the IFS in 2007. She has almost two decades of experience analysing UK fiscal policy and providing trusted advice to policymakers.
Participants
Stuart Adam
Stuart is a Senior Economist working in the Tax sector, and focuses on analysing the design of the tax and benefit system.
Dan Neidle
Dan Neidle spent 25 years as a tax lawyer, and was head of tax at the London office of one of the largest law firms in the world. During his career, Dan advised corporates, governments, regulators, central banks and NGOs on tax and tax policy.
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