What would it take to fix social care? podcast<p class="p1">How does social care work, why has reform proved so difficult, and what would it take to build a fairer and more sustainable system?</p>17 September 2026
Land value tax: the perfect tax? podcast<p>Unlike most taxes, land value tax doesn’t discourage people from working, investing or building. So why don’t we use it more?</p>7 September 2026
How to fix business rates podcast<p class="p1">Business rates are blamed for killing the high street. But would cutting them actually help shops and pubs - or simply make landlords richer?</p>27 August 2026
IFS Annual Lecture: Are Ideas Harder to Find, Overall? event 12 October 2026 <p><span data-teams="true">Nobel Laureate Philippe Aghion will deliver the 2026 IFS Annual Lecture.</span></p>
IFS Green Budget 2026 event 14 October 2026 <p><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);color:rgb(37, 61, 64);display:inline !important;float:none;font-family:"DM Serif Text", serif;font-size:20px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">The IFS Green Budget will assess the state of the UK economy and the government’s fiscal position ahead of the Autumn Budget.</span></p>
IFS Zooms In Live: A look ahead to the Budget event 20 October 2026 <p><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);color:rgb(37, 61, 64);display:inline !important;float:none;font-family:"DM Serif Text", serif;font-size:20px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">A special in-person recording of an episode of the IFS Zooms In podcast ahead of the Budget, looking at the choices facing the Chancellor.</span></p>
Jobs landing page<p>At IFS, we recruit and train top-quality economists and professional support staff. We foster a respectful and inclusive working environment.</p>20 July 2022
Centre for the Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy The Research Centre at the heart of IFS is the CPP.
Autumn Budget 2025 Effect of new threshold freezes on employee tax liabilities in 2030–31 Published on 27 November 2025 The extra tax you will see as a result of the personal tax threshold freezes will depend on where you are in the earnings distribution. Taxes and benefits Tax Income taxes
Unfreezing the personal allowance explainer What would unfreezing the personal allowance mean for taxpayers and how much would it cost? 4 August 2026
How could the Chancellor raise more tax? podcast What are the Chancellor’s options for raising tax, and what would they mean for households, the economy and growth? 6 November 2025
How to fix income tax podcast How the UK’s income tax system is poorly designed - and how reforms could make it fairer, simpler, and more efficient. 21 October 2025
The outlook for the public finances report Higher inflation, higher government borrowing costs and pressures on public services will be the key challenges faced by the Chancellor at the Budget. 12 October 2026
A survey of the Ghanaian tax system (2026) report Third edition of the Survey that provides a comprehensive overview of Ghana's tax system as of the 2026 mid-year Budget. 15 September 2026
The Welsh Government’s record on tax and benefit policy report Wales leads on council tax revaluation – but has followed England on a range of ill-advised tax policy changes 20 March 2026
Fiscal drag with microsimulation: evidence from Spanish tax records journal article Fiscal drag arises when nominal tax parameters remain unchanged despite nominal income growth, thereby increasing effective tax rates and revenue. 1 June 2026
Easy come, easy go: non-compliance, overwithholding and income tax revenue in Germany journal article This paper examines tax non-compliance among individuals in Germany who were legally required to file a tax return but failed to do so. 5 October 2026
Labor supply and wages over the life cycle: human capital and disability benefits working paper Work experience has been found to be a key determinant of work and wages for educated women, but it seems to play a smaller role for the less educated 1 October 2026
