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Mon 08 Aug 2009Lenihan and Cowen express caution over property tax
WITH THE Commission on Taxation report due to be presented this week, Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan and Taoiseach Brian Cowen have indicated reservations about its expected recommendation that a property tax be introduced.
“The burden of taxation is high enough,” Mr Lenihan told RTÉ, adding that the State’s economic problems would have to be solved “through further expenditure reductions and cuts”.
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