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OECD tax plan will be a really big deal for Ireland

Economy
Cliff Taylor
May 2, 2019, 11:18

Smart Money: Changes to tax regime could make it more difficult to attract foreign investment

Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe told the conference the department was concluding work to help forecast and plan the collection of corporation tax in future.

International tax reform could cost State €3bn, conference told

Economy
Cliff Taylor
April 30, 2019, 17:35

Loss would be incurred due to OECD reform process

ASTI delegates during the annual convention in Wexford during debates on the motions on teachers’ pay. Photograph: Alan Betson / The Irish Times

What are the facts about teachers’ pay in Ireland?

Economy
Cliff Taylor
April 25, 2019, 15:45

Smart Money: cost of housing is putting pressure on wages and the unions are prioritising better pensions

European competition commissioner Margrethe Vestager’s intervention shows the way the wind is blowing. Photograph: Getty Images

Digital tax issue won’t go away

Economy
April 9, 2019, 05:47

EU commissioner Vestager says ‘Europe must step forward’ in terms of a digital sales tax

Local property tax: in 2021, either its rate will have to be reduced or bills will soar. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw

Local property tax languishes in eight-year limbo

Economy
April 4, 2019, 05:41

Cantillon: Well-designed and sensible charge appears to be stalling under force of elections

Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe noted the fact that all taxes were performing well reflected a sustainably growing economy. Photograph: Gareth Chaney/Collins

Tax receipts up 7% in first quarter as deficit narrows to €966m

Economy
Barry O'Halloran
April 2, 2019, 16:30

VAT is largest tax category as income tax rises but comes in below projections

The European Parliament is targeting economies that are used for aggressive tax planning by multinationals. Photograph: iStock

Is Ireland a tax haven? European Parliament says yes

Economy
Cliff Taylor
March 28, 2019, 12:08

Smart Money: Ireland strongly criticised for helping multinationals to cut their tax bills

Would a change to the rules which allows Irish banks to write-off tax against losses be shooting Irish taxpayers in the foot?

Irish banks are back in profit – so why are they still not paying tax?

Economy
Cliff Taylor
March 7, 2019, 13:23

Smart Money: Banks and insurers will not pay up to €12bn in tax due on profits unless rules are changed

Total taxes collected in January and February came to €8.106bn, while the government’s non-tax revenues for the period were €1.36bn

Government collects €8.1bn in taxes in first two months of 2019

Economy
Barry O'Halloran
March 4, 2019, 20:18

Exchequer surplus falls 36% to €138.6 million in January and February

Photograph: iStock

NTMA debt auction raises €1.25bn from bonds

Economy
Ciara O'Brien
February 14, 2019, 12:02

Long-term debts sale brings total of €5.25bn raised so far this year by the agency

The ballooning cost of the children’s hospital has placed the Government in a near impossible position of continuing in the face of huge extra cost, retendering or abandoning the project.

Children's hospital: A spectacular example of how things can go wrong

Economy
Cliff Taylor
February 8, 2019, 12:26

Smart Money: All the classic project overrun mistakes are evident in this debacle

Revenue’s figures suggest that most of us are compliant, with around 99 per cent of taxpayers willingly handing over what the State believes is due. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw

Good year’s work for Revenue as it brings in €572.5m in unpaid tax

Economy
January 5, 2019, 06:05

Cantillon: As agency gets better at catching tax dodgers, compliance has gone right up

Revenue seized 67.8 million contraband cigarettes, almost twice the 34.2 million that its officials confiscated in 2017. Photograph: Revenue

Crackdown on ‘shadow economy’ sees doubling in cigarette haul

Economy
Barry O'Halloran
January 4, 2019, 21:38

Revenue seized €75m worth of illegal cigarettes, tobacco and drugs in 2018, figures show

Revenue collected almost €573 million in tax from audits and enforcement activity last year. Photograph: Joe St Leger

Revenue enforcement and audits yield €573m

Economy
Barry O'Halloran
January 4, 2019, 14:18

Tax take tops €54.5bn in 2018 as Revenue says most pay on time

Jean-Claude Juncker: the European Commission president supported the new moves on tax policy in his state of the union speech last September. Photograph: Eric Vidal/Reuters

EU Commission pushes ahead with plan to end unanimity on tax

Economy
Cliff Taylor
January 3, 2019, 05:55

Move would meet strong opposition from the Government and from Irish businesses

By the end of 2017 the State Claims Agency estimated that its outstanding liability was €2.7 billion, about three-quarters of which related to claims against the health system. Photograph: iStock

Medical redress regime is damaging health system

Economy
John FitzGerald
December 7, 2018, 04:35

John FitzGerald: Claims system adds cost to health service with adverse effects

Roscommon County Council was found to have underdeclared VAT by more than €340,000 after an audit. Photograph: Alan Betson

Roscommon council appears on tax defaulters list over €456,000 VAT bill

Economy
Mark Paul
December 4, 2018, 20:00

Latest tax defaulters list details total of €13 million of settlements with 65 taxpayers

The largest single settlement made to Revenue was paid by the Westenra Arms Hotel in Monaghan, whose directors include the well-known GAA manager Seamus “Banty” McEnaney.

Hotels and restaurants prominent on Revenue’s €13m tax defaulters’ list

Economy
Mark Paul
December 4, 2018, 15:57

Monaghan hotel co-owned by GAA manager ‘Banty’ McEnaney makes €2.5m settlement

Former CRH executive Maeve Carton is set to succeed IAG chief Willie Walsh as chair of the State body responsible for the Republic’s national debt. Photograph: Alan Betson

Maeve Carton to lead National Treasury Management Agency

Economy
Barry O'Halloran
November 27, 2018, 17:30

Ex-CRH director to succeed Willie Walsh at helm of body responsible for State’s sovereign debt

Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe confirmed that a new agreement between Revenue and the Maltese tax authorities will close the loophole. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw

Revenue to close ‘single malt’ tax loophole

Economy
Barry O'Halloran
November 27, 2018, 15:21

Mechanism allows US multinationals to channel cash through Malta

NTMA headquarters at the Treasury Building. Photograph: Sasko Lazarov/RollingNews.ie

NTMA completes €750 million bond auction

Economy
Peter Hamilton
November 8, 2018, 10:37

Latest auction means agency has issued €17.25bn worth of bonds this year

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