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Associate Director
David is Head of Devolved and Local Government Finance. He also works on tax in developing countries as part of our TaxDev centre.
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Phillips, D. (2024). 'Property taxes: ripe for reform or a poisoned chalice? ' [Presentation]. London: Institute for Fiscal Studies. Available at: https://ifs.org.uk/publications/property-taxes-ripe-reform-or-poisoned-chalice (accessed: 9 February 2025).
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