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Nama’s latest lifetime projection, issued last week, “looks very conservative”, Investec Ireland said. Photograph: Dave Meehan

Nama may make €4.5bn lifetime surplus, Investec says

Economy
Joe Brennan
June 18, 2018, 10:15

Investment firm upgrades 2018 and 2019 GDP estimates to 5 per cent and 4.5 per cent

A total of €9.4 million in settlements was agreed with 61 taxpayers

Retired doctor agrees €1.86m settlement with Revenue

Economy
Dominic Coyle
June 12, 2018, 16:48

Valerie Donnelly is one of 61 taxpayers named in defaulters list

Revenue investigations: the organisation is using “extensive information” available under new international data-sharing arrangements. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw

Revenue audits and compliance measures yielded almost €500m in 2017

Economy
Cliff Taylor
April 25, 2018, 11:06

€84m raised under foreign income and assets disclosure initiative

Teachers on a picket line in 2014. File photograph: Cyril Byrne

Whatever about fairness, public service pay now driven by politics

Economy
Cliff Taylor
April 23, 2018, 14:56

Trade unions will feel they are shooting at an open goal on the issue of pay parity

What is the future for your local property tax bill?

Economy
Cliff Taylor
April 16, 2018, 12:48

Doing nothing could mean huge increases in bills for households in 2020

The Central Bank received €25 billion of government bonds in February 2013 under a restructuring of Anglo Irish promissory notes. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien

Central Bank sells 42% of Anglo Irish-related bonds

Economy
Joe Brennan
March 28, 2018, 16:28

Latest deal sees €500m in bonds sold to NTMA and cancelled

Both the Government and Apple are appealing the European Commission’s state aid ruling. Photograph: Getty

State hires three firms to manage Apple back taxes

Economy
Joe Brennan
March 23, 2018, 11:22

Goldman Sachs, Amundi and BlackRock to manage €14bn funds while held in escrow

Minister for Housing Eoghan Murphy: claims Eurostat ruling will not impede social housing delivery. Photograph: Gareth Chaney Collins

Eurostat cites low rents for putting housing bodies on State’s books

Economy
Simon Carswell
March 9, 2018, 06:30

Ruling could complicate efforts to reclassify groups to free up spending on social housing

NTMA headquarters in the treasury building. Photograph: Dave Meehan/The Irish Times

Ireland receives €2.8 bn bids for bonds

Economy
Joe Brennan
March 8, 2018, 10:32

NTMA issued bonds due in 2020 and 10-year bonds

The Government missed original deadline of January 2017 to collect the money from Apple.

Ireland picks BNY Mellon to manage €14bn Apple escrow account

Economy
Joe Brennan
March 5, 2018, 11:13

Contracts yet to be signed but move paves way for Apple to start transferring funds

The NTMA plans to sell bonds on Thursday that are due to be repaid in 2022 and 2028, it said in a statement. Photograph: Cyril Byrne

Ireland to sell bonds as market digests Italian vote

Economy
Joe Brennan
March 5, 2018, 10:19

NTMA planning to sell €1 billion of bonds on Thursday

NTMA chief executive Conor O’Kelly. The State’s debt agency is to sell between €1 billion-€1.25 billion of bonds due to be repaid in 2028 and 2037. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill

State to sell up to €1.25bn of bonds in choppy market

Economy
Joe Brennan
February 5, 2018, 14:53

Irish bond yields have surged since last bond sale in early January

Eoghan Murphy: the Minister for Housing has suggested the local property tax might be based not solely on house prices. Photograph: Gareth Chaney/Collins

Politicians run for cover over future of property tax

Economy
Cliff Taylor
January 17, 2018, 05:15

Water-charges debate destroyed logical discussion of how to raise essential revenue

A review of the local property tax will focus on keeping bills for households roughly in line with current levels in the years ahead, the Minister for Finance, Paschal Donohoe, has indicated. Photograph: Gareth Chaney/Collins

Minister for Finance rules out significant property-tax rise

Economy
Cliff Taylor
January 16, 2018, 16:08

Paschal Donohoe says property tax review will focus on keeping bills at current levels

“Ireland is probably in the best shape it has been in since about 2001, with few imbalances in the economy,” the NTMA said.

Irish economy ‘in best shape since 2001’ despite Brexit, US tax fears

Economy
Joe Brennan
January 9, 2018, 11:44

Irish debt burden, relative to government income, remains among highest in euro area, says NTMA

Cantillon

Government vows financial caution, but it will be hard

Economy
January 4, 2018, 05:45

State needs to keep eye on wider picture even as tax revenues hit record €50.7bn

NTMA chief executive Conor O’Kelly: Citigroup, Danske Bank, Davy in Dublin, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley and Nomura managed the latest bond sale on behalf of the NTMA. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill

NTMA sells €4bn in bonds to beat the European rush

Economy
Joe Brennan
January 3, 2018, 18:27

Ireland is first European sovereign to tap bond markets in 2018, drawing €14bn in orders

The NTMA faces €24.2 billion of debt refinancing between 2018 and 2019, with a further €18.5 billion of bonds due to mature in 2020. Photograph: Cyril Byrne

Ireland to lead EU states back into bond markets in 2018

Economy
Joe Brennan
January 2, 2018, 15:25

NTMA to hire banks and securities firms to sell up to €4 billion of bonds on its behalf

Were Apple to drop its appeal, it would pay tax at the 12.5 per cent rate here – providing an unprecedented windfall for the Irish exchequer – and the balance of 3 per cent in the US.

US move may cause Apple to reconsider €13bn tax appeal

Economy
Cliff Taylor
December 20, 2017, 12:06

New US tax law means Apple’s offshore cash will be subject to tax either here or in US

Last week, Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe revealed that the Republic has reached an agreement with Apple over the management of an escrow account into which the back-taxes, plus interest, must be held pending the outcome of separate legal appeals by the Government and Apple against the original EU decision.

US bid to intervene in Apple Irish tax case rejected

Economy
Joe Brennan
December 15, 2017, 16:33

EU’s General Court said the US failed to show that it had an adequate interest in the case

In future all funding for domestic water services will come from the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government

Motor tax revenue to be paid directly to central government

Economy
Cliff Taylor
December 14, 2017, 20:30

Exchequer finances rearranged so funding of domestic water services can come from State

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