Institute for Fiscal Studies

The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) is an independent economic research institute based in London, United Kingdom, which specialises in UK taxation and public policy. It produces both academic and policy-related findings.

The Institute for Fiscal Studies
Formation1969 (1969)
Legal statusNon-profit company
PurposeTo inform public debate on economics, via establishment of rigorous independent research, in order to promote the development of effective fiscal policy.
Location
  • London, WC1
Director
Paul Johnson
Main organ
IFS Council
(President: Gus O'Donnell)
AffiliationsEconomic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
Websitewww.ifs.org.uk

The institute's stated aim is to advance education for the benefit of the public by promoting on a "non-political" basis the study and discussion of and the exchange and dissemination of information and knowledge concerning national economic and social effects and influences of existing taxes and proposed changes in fiscal systems.

Its offices are in the Bloomsbury area of Central London close to the British Museum and University College London.

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