It all adds up for parents, homebuyers and pensioners

Published on 17 March 2005

This article was published in The Financial Times on 17th March 2005.

A package of tax avoidance measures along with higher taxes on north sea oil companies has helped the Chancellor pay for pre-election give-aways for his favoured groups, parents and pensioners, and to offer help to homebuyers and motorists.

Authors

Mike Brewer

Mike Brewer

Stuart Adam
Stuart Adam

Senior Economist

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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Adam, S and Brewer, M. (2005). It all adds up for parents, homebuyers and pensioners [Comment] IFS. Available at: https://ifs.org.uk/articles/it-all-adds-parents-homebuyers-and-pensioners (accessed: 8 July 2024).

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