Can the government make us eat more healthily? podcast<p data-pm-slice="1 1 []"><span>Are sugar taxes working? We examine government efforts to improve diets and how weight-loss drugs could change the debate.</span></p>5 November 2026
Budget 2026: what has the Chancellor changed? podcast<p data-pm-slice="1 1 []"><span>What has the Budget changed? IFS economists consider the announcements, higher borrowing and the difficult choices ahead on taxes and public spending.</span></p>29 October 2026
Budget 2026: what should we expect? podcast<p data-pm-slice="1 1 []"><span>What should we expect from the October Budget? IFS economists discuss the choices facing the Chancellor on energy bills, taxes and public spending.</span></p>22 October 2026
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>
Autumn Budget 2026: IFS analysis event 29 October 2026 <p>Join us as IFS researchers present their initial response to Chancellor John Healey's Autumn Budget.</p>
IFS Public Economics Day 2027 event 8 January 2027 <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 is holding a day of talks on issues in public economics of interest to undergraduates in economics and related disciplines.</span></p>
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Effective tax rates, firm size and the global minimum tax Working Paper We document new facts on corporate taxation and the revenue potential of corporate minimum taxes, leveraging firm-level tax returns from 16 countries. 24 March 2025
Effective tax rates and firm size Comment There is a general perception that firms pay less tax than the statutory tax rates would suggest 14 March 2023
Effective Tax Rates and Firm Size Working Paper This paper provides novel evidence on the relationship between firm size and effective corporate tax rates. 1 February 2023
Effective tax rates and firm size: the case of Honduras Report This note shows the results on firm size and effective tax rates for Honduras, where the corporate statutory tax rate is 25%. 2 February 2022
Effective tax rates and firm size: the case of Uganda Report This note shows the results on firm size and effective tax rates for Uganda, where the corporate statutory tax rate is 30%. 2 February 2022
Effective tax rates and firm size: the case of Ethiopia Report This note shows the results on firm size and effective tax rates for Ethiopia, where the corporate statutory tax rate is 30%. 2 February 2022
Effective tax rates and firm size: the case of the Dominican Republic Report This note shows the results on firm size and effective tax rates for the Dominican Republic, where the corporate statutory tax rate is 27% in 2015. 2 February 2022