The Schools Bill: what's changing and why? podcast<p class="p1">The bill aims to improve education and social care for children. But will it work?</p>11 March 2025
Family values: inheritance, inequality and social mobility podcast<p><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;">Wealth concentration among baby boomers and stagnant earnings are driving the rise of the ‘Bank of Mum and Dad’, affecting social mobility.</span></p>3 March 2025
How important is the OBR forecast? podcast<p>The OBR forecast will underpin the Chancellor’s decisions at the next Spring Forecast.</p>12 February 2025
Spring Forecast 2025: IFS analysis event 27 March 2025 <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;">At this online event IFS researchers will present their initial analysis of the Chancellor's Spring Forecast.</span></p>
How can people be better helped to draw on their pension wealth in retirement? event 1 April 2025 <p><span data-teams="true">This online event will present new analysis of the way in which defined contribution pension wealth is currently being accessed.</span></p>
IFS residential conference 2025: How do we build a business tax system for the 21st century? conference 3 April 2025 <p>This conference, in association with <a href="https://www.deloitte.co.uk">Deloitte</a>, will discuss the UK business tax system in the context of the new Corporate Tax Roadmap.</p>
Jobs landing page<p>At IFS, we recruit and train top-quality economists and professional support staff. We aim to 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 2024 Tax changes before and after elections as a share of GDP Published on 30 October 2024 The Autumn Budget 2024 was a big tax-raising Budget, with a tax increase equal to 1.21% of forecast national income. Government finances and spending Taxes and benefits Tax
What is this government’s ‘theory of growth’? Nobody knows comment "Shifting the performance of an entire economy requires a long-term, consistent and persistent direction." Paul Johnson writes for the Times. 20 January 2025
Why did the French Budget fail to pass? podcast France’s failed budget highlights fundamental challenges with public debt, slow growth, and the need for significant reforms. 12 December 2024
How is tax damaging the housing market? podcast We discuss how taxes like capital gains, stamp duty, and council tax impact the housing market, affecting affordability, renting, and homeownership. 18 December 2024
How can policy boost productivity growth? conference 25 March 2025 at 09:30 At this policy conference, four panels of experts will give their perspectives and recommendations on four key areas of the UK’s productivity problem.
A look ahead to the 2025 Spring Forecast comment What are the Chancellor’s options if – and it is very much an if – the upcoming Spring Forecast puts her on track to miss her fiscal targets? 6 March 2025
Scottish council tax: ripe for reform report Council tax in Scotland – as in England – is out of date, regressive and distortionary. How should it be reformed, and what would the effects be? 12 February 2025
TaxDev collaborating with Government of Ghana on VAT, customs, and distributional analysis news Ghana Ministry of Finance officials explain how the partnership with TaxDev is helping to improve tax policy analysis 24 February 2025
A review of Ghana's value-added tax (VAT) system report The report undertakes a review of the VAT system in Ghana with a view to making recommendations for future policy action. 11 February 2025
Tax evasion and the contribution-benefit link: the case of maternity benefits working paper This paper studies tax evasion and the contribution-benefit link in the context of maternity benefits in Hungary. 18 December 2024
