Where does the government get money from?

Where does the government get money from? Who is paying taxes? And what has happened to taxes over time? Helen Miller, Associate Director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, explains the answers to these common questions.
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Sources:
T. Pope and T. Waters, "A survey of the UK tax system", IFS Briefing note 9, 2016: www.ifs.org.uk/publications/1711
IFS revenue composition spreadsheet: www.ifs.org.uk/uploads/public...