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Taxes and benefits

Our work analyses impacts on inequality, poverty, the public finances, and the behaviour of workers, firms and consumers, and considers how their design could be improved. Its focus ranges from the taxation of sugary drinks to revenue-raising measures in low and middle income countries to ongoing UK benefit reforms.

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IFS Green Budget 2023

Collection
All the analysis from our IFS Green Budget 2023, funded by the Nuffield Foundation and in partnership with Citi.

17 October 2023

Treasury building

Outlook for the public finances

Report
In the current environment of high inflation and rising interest rates, tax cuts at the upcoming Budget would be extremely difficult to justify.

17 October 2023

The treasury

Policy risks to the fiscal outlook

Report
Pressures on both revenue and spending are skewed to add to borrowing over the next few years, and threaten the ‘centrality’ of official forecasts.

17 October 2023

Row of houses

Reforming inheritance tax

Presentation
At this online event we examined options for, and distributional effects of, the reform of inheritance tax.

27 September 2023

London houses

Reforming inheritance tax

Report
We set out issues with the inheritance tax system and examine options for reform and the distributional impacts of reforming or abolishing the tax.

27 September 2023

Aerial view of Scottish Parliament

What are the options for devolved funding?

Presentation
This presentation looks at the issues and options for the Scottish Government’s funding, arguing that radical change requires reform in England too.

19 September 2023

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Large business tax disputes

Report
Are avoidable disputes arising between businesses and HMRC and why do delays occur between the opening and closing of enquiries.

14 September 2023