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A survey of the UK tax system

Published on 23 November 2016

This document provides an overview of the UK tax system, describing how each of the main taxes works and setting their current state in a historical context.

This document provides an overview of the UK tax system, describing how each of the main taxes works and setting their current state into a historical context going back to 1979.

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Tom Waters

Associate Director

Tom is an Associate Director at the IFS and Head of the Income, Work and Welfare sector.