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Tax relief and partnership pensions

Agulnik, Philip and Le Grand, Julian ORCID: 0000-0002-7864-0118 (1998) Tax relief and partnership pensions. CASEpaper (CASE/5). Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, London, UK.

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Abstract

Government support of private (occupational and personal) pensions through the system of tax reliefs is large: between one quarter and one third that of direct support of state pensions through public expenditure. However, it is regressive, lacks transparency and is difficult to control. This paper argues that it should be replaced by a cost-neutral matching grant or tax-credit scheme. Such a scheme would embody the ‘partnership’ idea implicit in much government policy in this area, but would be much more progressive, more open, and more accountable than existing arrangements. The argument is illustrated by statistical comparisons of the distributional impact of the present system and three alternative versions of the tax-credit scheme. An appendix discusses the methodology for calculating the cost of pension tax reliefs over time.

Item Type: Monograph (Discussion Paper)
Official URL: http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/case
Additional Information: © 1998 the authors
Divisions: Social Policy
LSE Health
Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HJ Public Finance
Date Deposited: 06 May 2008 14:16
Last Modified: 13 Sep 2024 19:40
URI: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/4652

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