The 2020 IFS Annual Lecture was delivered online by Lord Gus O’Donnell, looking at possible lessons from the relatively poor performance of the UK in responding to the Covid crisis.
At this online debate, an expert panel reflected on what the future holds for capital gains tax. Could CGT be a post-covid cash cow for the Treasury or would higher rates and smaller reliefs lead to lower investment and less revenue?
This event launched a new project investigating the desirability and feasibility of a wealth tax in the UK. The format was short presentations setting out the evolution of UK wealth and the possible rationales and difficulties of introducing a wealth tax followed by a discussion.
In this special joint webinar, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) and the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) examined the impact of the Covid-19 crisis on the public finances.
At this event, IFS researchers present the key findings from their latest flagship annual report on living standards, poverty and inequality in the UK, funded by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
At this joint IFS/CIOT online debate, a panel of David Gauke, Chris Leslie, Stuart Adam and Jane McCormick looked back at the changes in taxation over the 2010s.
At this event, IFS researchers discussed how Covid-19 has interacted with existing inequalities and consider the potential long-term legacy of the pandemic on inequality.
At this event, IFS researchers discussed some of the ways in which policy should rise to the challenge of getting people back to work safely and productively.
