Events

Several IFS researchers will be presenting their work during this year's Royal Economic Society Annual Conference in Warwick, and some of the key note lectures, plenaries and sessions will be streamed live each day on the Royal Economic Society website.

Tax underpins everything the government does and is often used by policy makers to try to shape the economy. Tax is also central to citizens’ views on whether our society is fair. This IFS at 50 event will look at how tax has changed in recent decades, what it means to aspire to a well-designed tax system, and how taxation will have to change to address the challenges of the future.

On Thursday 14 March IFS researchers will present their analysis of the public finances, putting them in the context of recent trends, and will discuss economic challenges facing the country.

This IFS Public Talk, jointly organised with the University of Manchester, will be given by Jack Britton, Senior Research Economist at the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) and will give an economist's perspective on the ongoing tuition fee debate.

Support for low-income households in England to meet their council tax bills has now been the responsibility of councils for almost 6 years. In the face of funding cuts from central government, many have chosen to significantly cut council tax support (CTS).

Debates about welfare policy are invariably controversial, going right to the heart of what kind of society we want to be. This IFS at 50 event will set out the trade-offs that make this such an important and difficult area, how and why our approach has changed so radically over time, and how evidence can help us design policy better.

Over recent years HMRC have gained significant additional powers to enforce tax law, against a backdrop of public and political anger about 'tax dodging' of borth the illegal and legal kinds.

The Institute for Government (IfG) and Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) invite you to a briefing to explore the issues for government in the upcoming Spring Statement and this year’s Spending Review. After nine years of austerity the choices made in the Spending Review could be among the most important non-Brexit decisions made during this parliament.

Support for low-income households in England to meet their council tax bills has now been the responsibility of councils for almost 6 years. In the face of funding cuts from central government, many have chosen to significantly cut council tax support (CTS). In many areas, even the lowest-income households have been handed local tax bills for the first time since the poll tax.

The Institute for Fiscal Studies is holding a day of talks on issues in public economics of interest to undergraduates in economics and related disciplines. The aim will be to focus on the policy implications of research carried out at the institute.

This CEDIL public lecture on early childhood interventions will be presented by Orazio Attanasio (Research Director, IFS).

Where should decisions on our taxes and public services be taken? Is more local responsibility a good thing that will empower communities to improve and tailor services? Or does it simply risk worsening ‘postcode lotteries’ in access to services and the taxes we pay? These questions and more will be discussed at an event at Birmingham University.

On Tuesday 30 October, IFS researchers presented their analysis of Chancellor Philip Hammond's Autumn Budget - the first Budget to be held on a Monday since 1962.

This is the thirteenth in a series of lectures and debates being organised by the CIOT and the IFS to promote debate among policy-makers, opinion-formers and the wider tax and economics communities on the future of the UK and international tax systems.

The IFS Green Budget 2018, in association with Citi and ICAEW and with funding from the Nuffield Foundation, analyses the issues and challenges facing Chancellor Philip Hammond as he prepares for this year's Budget. The findings from a selection of chapters were presented at the event, where the full publication was launched.

This event showcased new IFS research – funded by the ESRC’s UK in a Changing Europe Initiative - on the potential impacts of new trading arrangements with the EU on different industries, workers and regions.

For the sixth year in a row, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) and the Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) are organising two panel discussions at the main party conferences this autumn.

Professor Janet Currie, Chair of the Department of Economics at Princeton University, gave the 2018 IFS Annual Lecture.

For the sixth year in a row, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) and the Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) are organising two panel discussions at the main party conferences this autumn.

This research conference is being jointly organised by IFS, LSE, and Paris School of Economics.