Institute for Fiscal Studies

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
IFS
Pronunciation
/ˈɪnstɪˌtut fər ˈfɪskəl ˈstədiz/
Category
Governmental
Related Field
Institutes

Examples in Context

  1. As Paul Johnson, director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies(IFS), has also noted, a tax system devoid of principles and rife with gimmicks is unpredictable and so a source of damaging uncertainty.
  2. An Institute for Fiscal Studies(IFS) analysis predicted that average incomes, adjusted for inflation, will fall by3 % this year and further in2012.
  3. The Mirrlees review of the tax system, commissioned by the Institute of Fiscal Studies, accepted the case for a land tax, but worried that it was difficult to distinguish between the value of the land and that of buildings placed upon it.
  4. The study published by the Institute for Fiscal Studies(IFS) also lays bare the extent to which a childs date of birth influences their self-perception, social and emotional development and chances of being bullied at school.
  5. The Institute for Fiscal Studies(IFS) in the UK estimates that a fat tax would cost the poor seven times as much as a proportion of income as the wealthy.

Other meanings of IFS