Why is the government reforming health-related benefits? podcast<p>We discuss the government's welfare reforms aimed at helping sick and disabled people into work, and what the changes mean for health-related benefits</p>14 May 2025
What's the future of corporation tax? podcast<p><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;">Corporation tax was introduced 60 years ago. Despite many predictions of its decline, it is now forecast to raise record amounts. </span></p>10 April 2025
Spring Statement 2025: IFS Zooms In podcast<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(13, 13, 13);counter-reset:list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0;cursor:text;font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;margin:0px;orphans:2;padding:0px;text-align:left;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:pre-wrap;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;"> What were the decisions and trade-offs made by Chancellor Reeves?</p>27 March 2025
IFS Annual Lecture: Trade Wars and the Future of Globalisation conference 20 May 2025 <p>Professor Meredith Crowley will deliver the 2025 <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;">IFS Annual Lecture. </span></p>
From Sure Start to Family Hubs: how can evidence best inform policymaking for joined up family support in the early years? conference 22 May 2025 <p>This event will explore the evidence and policy landscape around early years family support. It will also mark the launch of a new report from IFS.</p>
A look ahead to the 2025 Spending Review event 2 June 2025 <p><span data-teams="true">At this online event, researchers will present what the key choices will be at the Spending Review.</span></p>
Jobs landing page<p>At IFS, we recruit and train top-quality economists and professional support staff. We aim to foster a respectful and inclusive working environment.</p>20 July 2022
Centre for the Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy The Research Centre at the heart of IFS is the CPP.
What's the future of corporation tax? Podcast Corporation tax was introduced 60 years ago. Despite many predictions of its decline, it is now forecast to raise record amounts. 10 April 2025
IFS residential conference 2025: How do we build a business tax system for the 21st century? Conference 3 April 2025 at 13:00 Oxford This conference, in association with Deloitte, will discuss the UK business tax system in the context of the new Corporate Tax Roadmap.
Enlisting consumers in tax enforcement: a policy review Comment This paper examines the rise of consumer incentives in tax enforcement and the conditions under which they can enhance compliance and raise revenue. 31 March 2025
CIOT/IFS debate: What should be in the business tax roadmap? Event 4 September 2024 at 18:30 London At this event, an expert panel debated what should be on the new Labour government business tax roadmap.
Changes in the composition of tax revenue since 2010–11 Data Item Changes in the composition of tax revenue since 2010–11 10 June 2024
Corporation tax main rate and revenue over time Data Item Corporation tax main rate and revenue over time 10 June 2024
Taxes could be cut within broader reforms Comment "The Chancellor doesn’t need to wait for fiscal headroom to reform public finances" says Helen Miller in The Telegraph. 2 November 2023
Full expensing and the corporation tax base Report This report discusses the temporary full-expensing policy and whether it should be made a permanent part of the corporate tax base. 6 October 2023
Tax and public finances: the fundamentals Report This report highlights 10 key facts about UK tax and public finance policy that will underpin the choices faced by governments in coming decades. 23 August 2023
IFS residential conference 2023 - Taxing top incomes: design issues & challenges beyond the politics Conference 30 March 2023 at 12:00 Oxford This conference, sponsored by CIOT, looked at the taxation of top incomes and asked how the system could be made more rational and effective.
IFS residential conference 2023 Presentation This conference, sponsored by CIOT, looked at the taxation of top incomes and asked how the system could be made more rational and effective. 30 March 2023
The long view: how tax expenditures affect revenue over multiple years Comment Timing differences (loss carry-forward and accelerated depreciation) mean that tax expenditures can have long-lasting effects. 29 March 2023
Fiscal Studies, Volume 44, Issue 1 Journal issue Fiscal Studies, Volume 44, Issue 1: Symposium: the global minimum tax 20 March 2023
Symposium: the global minimum tax – introduction Journal article Fiscal Studies The group of papers included in this symposium address some of the key issues arising in the design of a Global Minimum Tax. 20 March 2023
Empirical evidence on the global minimum tax: What is a critical mass and how large is the substance-based income exclusion? Journal article Fiscal Studies This paper presents empirical evidence on the proposed global minimum tax (GMT) of the OECD's Pillar 2. 20 March 2023
Three key takeaways from our TaxDev Tax Expenditures Workshop Comment Tax expenditure reporting is vital but challenging – this briefing covers three key takeaways from a recent workshop on the topic. 17 March 2023
The Spring Budget explained Podcast We provide our analysis on the Chancellor's Spring Budget. 16 March 2023
At last, we are back to a normal budget, but don’t expect many treats Comment "A stagnant economy leaves little room for either more spending or less tax." Paul Johnson writes for the Times ahead of Wednesday's Spring Budget. 13 March 2023
Freeports and Investment Zones – what sorts of things should we consider when assessing whether they are good policy? Comment We discuss the economic issues central to whether Freeports and Investment Zones are a good idea. 10 March 2023
Freeports: What are they? What do we know? And what will we know? Report This report analyses the rationale for Freeports and what we can learn about their potential impact from past policies and a planned evaluation. 10 March 2023
