The role of evidence for tax policy and administration design: Discussing IFS' work with Tax Administrators from Commonwealth countries

Published on 1 September 2017

On 1st of September of 2017, Laura Abramovsky spoke at HMRC's International Tax Training Programme, a flagship programme run by HMRC on behalf of the Commonwealth Association of Tax Administrators (CATA).
Laura introduced IFS' work to support evidence-based tax policy and administration design in t...

On 1st of September of 2017, Laura Abramovsky spoke at HMRC's International Tax Training Programme, a flagship programme run by HMRC on behalf of the Commonwealth Association of Tax Administrators (CATA).

Laura introduced IFS' work to support evidence-based tax policy and administration design in the UK and in low- and middle-income countries.

    Authors

    Laura Abramovsky
    Laura Abramovsky

    Research Fellow Institute for Fiscal Studies

    Laura is a Research Fellow at IFS. Her current work focuses on tax and social protection policy and programme evaluation in developing countries.

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    IFS

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    Improving tax and benefit policy analysis and development in partner countries

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