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From council tax and stamp duty to business rates and taxes on landlords, the UK’s system for taxing property is complicated, inconsistent, and long overdue for reform.
Homes aren’t just places to live - they’re also assets and a major form of saving - which makes deciding how to tax them especially tricky.
In this episode, Helen is joined by Stuart Adam and Ben Zaranko to explore how property is currently taxed, what’s gone wrong, and how it could be made fairer and more efficient.
Zooming in: discussion questions
These are a set of questions designed for A Level economics students to discuss, written by teacher Will Haines.
1. What are council tax and stamp duty, and how are they calculated?
2. Outline the possible changes that could be made to property taxes to help ease pressure in the housing market.
3. Evaluate the impact of changes to stamp duty on the mobility of labour.
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.
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