HMT

Questions from the HMT:

Tax Estimates of the impact of public health taxes , such as the soft drinks industry levy, on social outcomes including health outcomes, in the UK and internationally? HMT, 2024

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Tax How effective are tax reliefs at achieving their stated objectives? Are reliefs passed through where that was the intention? How effective are tax reliefs at achieving their stated objectives compared to other types of government support, and how is this assessed? HMT, 2024

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Tax What is the role of border adjustment mechanisms in preventing carbon leakage, and on the measurement and verification of embodied emissions in carbon-intensive goods? What are the wider macroeconomic impacts of such mechanisms? HMT, 2024

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Tax What is the role of tax in incentivising emissions reductions? HMT, 2024

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Tax Which countries have plans in place to maintain or replace tax revenues as sectors transition to net zero? What can the UK learn from international best practice? HMT, 2024

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Tax What is the impact of the property tax regime on economic growth? HMT, 2024

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Tax What role do headline tax rates (including the impacts of differing regional tax rates in devolved tax systems), reliefs, grants and tax system stability play in business investment decisions and economic growth, and what is the relative importance of each of these factors? HMT, 2024

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Tax How do the incentives in the labour tax system influence taxpayer behaviour, and what is the economic cost of any relevant distortions? In particular, what are the latest estimates of fundamental elasticities such as labour demand, labour supply, etc, for different groups? HMT, 2024

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Tax How do thresholds and boundaries in the tax system influence taxpayer/business behaviour? HMT, 2024

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Fiscal Policy What does the research literature tell us about an optimal strategy for debt issuance in the UK, and what are the practical implications? HMT, 2024

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Fiscal Policy How much macroeconomic stabilisation is achieved through automatic stabilisers, and what are the key drivers of that dynamic? HMT, 2024

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Fiscal Policy What are the best ways of assessing and describing the combined impact of monetary and fiscal policy on the economy? HMT, 2024

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Fiscal Policy What is the relationship between government finances and a country’s external finances, based on international experience? HMT, 2024

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Fiscal Policy How far does the size and shape of HMG’s balance sheet influence long term interest rates and metrics of fiscal sustainability? HMT, 2024

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Fiscal Policy How might UK fiscal projections be shaped by long term factors (for example climate change and demography)? HMT, 2024

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Fiscal Policy What are the estimates and drivers for the natural rate of interest (r*) and how can these inform fiscal judgements? HMT, 2024

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Fiscal Policy What is the relationship between borrowing and interest rates? And what does the empirical evidence show on the relationship between fiscal policy decisions and gilt yields? HMT, 2024

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Fiscal Policy What is the best approach to making international fiscal comparisons, for instance on debt sustainability? HMT, 2024

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Fiscal Policy What is the relationship between fiscal sustainability and growth? HMT, 2024

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International What is the potential impact of current and future geopolitical risks on supply chain resilience? Which sectors are most exposed? What actions does the UK need to take, potentially along with international partners, to boost supply chain resilience whilst maintaining the benefits of trade and financial openness given such risks? HMT, 2024

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