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
The Schools Bill: what's changing and why? podcast<p class="p1">The bill aims to improve education and social care for children. But will it work?</p>11 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>
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.
Drastic times need drastic action: breaking the 50-year tax taboo Comment Rachel Reeves should consider increasing the basic rate, just as Denis Healey did in 1975 14 April 2025
Scottish Fiscal Sustainability Report – immediate response Comment Today’s SFC report highlights the fiscal challenges facing the Scottish and UK governments over coming decades. 8 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
Spring Statement 2025: IFS analysis Event 27 March 2025 at 10:30 At this online event IFS researchers will present their initial analysis of the Chancellor's Spring Statement.
Tax revenues as a share of national income: out-turn and official forecasts Data Item Taxes as a share of national income are set to rise above 37%, their highest-ever share. 26 March 2025
How can policy boost productivity growth? Conference 25 March 2025 at 09:30 Westminster At this policy conference, four panels of experts gave their perspectives and recommendations on four key areas of the UK’s productivity problem.
A look ahead to the 2025 Spring Forecast Comment What are the Chancellor’s options if – and it is very much an if – the upcoming Spring Forecast puts her on track to miss her fiscal targets? 6 March 2025
The IFS Scottish Budget Report – 2025–26 Report This report analyses the Scottish Government’s Budget for 2025–26, with chapters on tax strategy, school spending, public sector pay and more. 25 February 2025
Scottish council tax: ripe for reform Report Council tax in Scotland – as in England – is out of date, regressive and distortionary. How should it be reformed, and what would the effects be? 12 February 2025
A review of Ghana's value-added tax (VAT) system Report The report undertakes a review of the VAT system in Ghana with a view to making recommendations for future policy action. 11 February 2025
Assessing Scottish tax strategy and policy Report Scotland’s Tax Strategy is welcome but says little concrete about tax policy. And some actual tax policy is divorced from any sensible strategy. 6 February 2025
How Peru transformed natural resource wealth into local economic development Comment This blog was originally published on voxdev.org on 4 February 2025 here. Reprinted with kind permission from VoxDev. 4 February 2025
Response to the final English local government finance settlement Comment 2025–26 will continue the substantial above-inflation increases in funding for English councils, but their costs have also been outpacing inflation. 4 February 2025
The UK’s near-record government revenues are not uncommon internationally Comment How do changes in UK government revenues over time compare with what has been seen in other advanced countries? 27 January 2025
What is this government’s ‘theory of growth’? Nobody knows Comment "Shifting the performance of an entire economy requires a long-term, consistent and persistent direction." Paul Johnson writes for the Times. 20 January 2025
Tax evasion and the contribution-benefit link: the case of maternity benefits Working Paper This paper studies tax evasion and the contribution-benefit link in the context of maternity benefits in Hungary. 18 December 2024
How is tax damaging the housing market? Podcast We discuss how taxes like capital gains, stamp duty, and council tax impact the housing market, affecting affordability, renting, and homeownership. 18 December 2024
Why did the French Budget fail to pass? Podcast France’s failed budget highlights fundamental challenges with public debt, slow growth, and the need for significant reforms. 12 December 2024
CIOT/IFS debate: How is tax damaging the housing market and how can we fix it? Event 27 November 2024 at 18:30 London and online At this event, an expert panel debated what part tax plays in housing market failures and what can be done to fix it.