Taxes and benefits

This presentation was delivered to the HMRC conference on taxation analysis and research in December 2011.

These slides were presented to the Office of Fair Trading (OFT).

These slides were delivered at the 21st Jacquemin Seminar in Brussels, organised by the European Commission. This seminar focused on the Mirrlees Review.

These slides were delivered at the 21st Jacquemin Seminar in Brussels, organised by the European Commission. This seminar focused on the Mirrlees Review.

This presentation was given at a seminar organised by the Nuffield Foundation to discuss the funding of social care reform.

Figures released today show that corporate tax receipts fell by 6.9% in October this year, compared to the same month last year. This observation highlights the recent trends in corporate tax revenues and discusses what is known about companies' tax payments.

This presentation was delivered at an IMF event,

This presentation was delivered at an IMF event,

This presentation was delivered at an IMF event, "Tax Reform in the U.K. and the U.S: Lessons from the Mirrlees Review".

This presentation was delivered at an IMF event,

This presentation was delivered at LACEA Annual Conference 2011, in Santiago de Chile, Chile.

This presentation was delivered at LACEA Annual Conference 2011, in Santiago de Chile, Chile.

In a speech made yesterday, the leader of the Labour party, Ed Miliband, accused the coalition's corporate tax policies of "rigging" the tax system against manufacturing and long term investment. This observation discusses how the package of measures will alter the tax burden and affect the UK's competitiveness.

Yesterday, the Government published a 'call to action' which lays out its strategy for tackling obesity in England. One approach to tackling diet related health problems, which governments are increasingly turning to, is the use of fiscal measures. We look at some of the issues involved in designing a 'fat tax' and under what circumstances such a policy may be effective.

Paul Johnson discusses the 50 percent tax rate on incomes over £150,000 and questions the effectiveness of a top tax increase.