NEW: How could the Chancellor raise more tax? In our live podcast event @HelenMiller_IFS was joined by Stuart Adam and @DanNeidle to explore the choices facing the Rachel Reeves ahead of the upcoming budget. 🎧 Listen here: https://t.co/0SWMcKdGMU

NEW PODCAST: How to fix VAT Why is chocolate-covered shortbread taxed differently from plain? In the final episode of our tax mini-series, we unpack what makes the UK’s VAT system so complex, inefficient and unfair. 🎧 Listen here: https://t.co/ji444iVida

NEW PODCAST: How to fix property taxes @HelenMiller_IFS, @StuartAdam_IFS and @benzarako explore how council tax, stamp duty and other property taxes work in the UK, what’s gone wrong, and how they could be made fairer and more efficient. 🎧 Listen here: https://t.co/QIk4WlGkvB

Join our CIOT/IFS debate on reforming the taxation of housing with @StuartAdam_IFS, @CarolineRFleet, John Muellbauer, Heather Stewart & Nichola Ross Martin. Thurs 6 November | 18:30 – 20:00 | 10-11 Carlton House Terrace, London & online 📅 Sign up here: https://t.co/pIevwACktw

NEW PODCAST: How to fix wealth taxes @HelenMiller_IFS, @StuartAdam_IFS and @benzaranko unpack how the UK taxes savings, capital gains and wealth, and ask what a fair, efficient system should look like, in our new IFS Zooms In episode. 🎧 Listen here: https://t.co/Z4yObkj0MJ

IFS Zooms In Live: How could the Chancellor raise more tax? Tues 4 November | 6:30pm – 8pm | British Library Knowledge Centre 🎤 Join our special in-person recording of our podcast with @HelenMiller_IFS, @DanNeidle and @StuartAdam_IFS. Sign up here: https://t.co/Klfvo0XBqI

Our next CIOT/@TheIFS debate: Reforming the taxation of housing – what changes should the Chancellor choose? Thur 6 Nov, 18.30, 10-11 CHT @StuartAdam_IFS @CarolineRFleet Prof John Muellbauer Heather Stewart (Grdn) Nichola Ross Martin (CIOT) Info/register: https://t.co/IIdRWg2XSJ

NEW PODCAST: How to fix income tax @HelenMiller_IFS, @StuartAdam_IFS and @BenZaranko explore all things income taxes in the first episode of our new mini-series on how to fix the UK's tax system. 🎧 Listen to the episode here: https://t.co/GA624OIbmW

There will be lots of speculation about tax over the next 6 weeks, for better or worse. This chapter is a plea for the government to think about how to make the system work better, rather than just raise the taxes which pose fewest short-term political hurdles. Some highlights:

NEW: Rachel Reeves needs a plan for a better tax system, not a half-baked dash for revenue. 📗 @StuartAdam_IFS, @IsaacDelestre and @HelenMiller_IFS’s new IFS Green Budget chapter examines the Chancellor’s options for tax increases: https://t.co/5CwV0QS29T

I quite often get asked what I think about a wealth tax. A very good "elevator summary" of the economics of a wealth tax, from the indefatigable @StuartAdam_IFS, out today

NEW: Changes to health-related benefit reforms would reduce saving from the planned bill by £3 billion in 2029–30, but would create a huge difference in support between claimants. Read @TomWatersEcon, @LatimerEduin and @matthewoulton’s new briefing here: https://t.co/mWU2ZhODLx

Frankly outrageous from the govt. This new, and I think unprecedented, ban on civil servants speaking in public will damage public debate, politics, policy making and the civil service itself. What are they thinking? https://t.co/QzlAvKkezS

Reading the coverage of the Fair Funding Review 2 consultation and I think a few newspapers are somewhat misrepresenting it The plans do not involve reforming council tax or directly change council tax bills in the South (or North). But they could impact council tax... A 🧵

The government has today published a long-awaited consultation on reform of the local government funding system in England - the first in at least 13 years. Read the immediate response from @KateOgdenEcon here:

Some of our country's brightest minds have been arguing about whether Walkers’ Sensations Poppadoms are enough like potato crisps to be subject to Value Added Tax That the design of our tax system makes this an argument worth having is outrageous.

Expanding winter fuel payment eligibility – what are the government's options? New comment from @TomWatersEcon https://t.co/e7AsBGUMfP

NEW: Our new and improved ‘Be the Chancellor’ tool, by IFS researchers in partnership with @nesta_uk, illustrates the key choices and challenges ahead of the Spending Review. Here’s why the Spending Review won’t be the end of the difficult choices facing the Chancellor: [🧵]

Does it pay more to be on disability benefits than in work? Some discussion on this topic today. A short thread with some thoughts

We're recruiting for a new Associate Director to lead our tax research. This is a job that I did & absolutely loved. A chance to work with brilliant people, lead interesting research & inform UK policy. If you're an economist with tax expertise, we'd love to hear from you