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Is acceptance of the carbon tax all about trusting the Government to use the money wisely? Photograph: PA

Carbon tax fact and fiction - What should we make of the criticisms?

Economy
Cliff Taylor
October 10, 2019, 12:33

Smart Money: Will it work? Is it fair? Will the money be wasted?

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Budget 2020: changes expected to dividend withholding tax

Economy
Cliff Taylor
October 8, 2019, 09:14

Rise will give cash flow boost to Exchequer

Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe will have to contend with some key budget battlegrounds.

Cliff Taylor: The three Budget 2020 decisions over which sparks will fly

Economy
Cliff Taylor
October 7, 2019, 16:49

With an election due nobody will be holding back – so what will cause the biggest political rows?

The Minister for Finance and Public Expenditure and Reform, Paschal Donohoe: The Department of Finance completed public consultations of the range of reliefs available to entrepreneurs earlier this year

Budget 2020: Major moves expected in the budget to help entrepreneurs

Economy
Cliff Taylor
October 4, 2019, 19:00

Changes will be set in the context of Brexit and the need to ensure start-up regime is competitive with other locations

Switzerland to be dropped from grey list after undertaking tax reform last year

EU to keep US islands on tax blacklist, drop UAE, Switzerland

Economy
October 4, 2019, 12:50

Blacklisted states face reputational damage and stricter controls on transactions with EU

The new figures take account of the State’s initial investment, the sale of shares, the dividends and interest from the banks and the complex cost of bailing out Anglo Irish Bank and Irish Nationwide. File photograph: Bryan O’Brien

Bank bail-out estimated to have cost State €41.7bn, says comptroller

Economy
Cliff Taylor
September 30, 2019, 18:14

Report adds up to estimated €1.3bn a year to the cost of servicing national debt

In total, almost 124,000 of the interventions by Revenue led to more tax being paid. Photograph: iStock

Revenue investigations and audits yield €572m to exchequer in 2018

Economy
Cliff Taylor
September 30, 2019, 18:04

Over 460,000 interventions made taxpayers with an average payment of almost €84,500

In total, local property tax provided around 10 per cent of all local authority spending last year. Photograph: iStock

Local Property Tax: Another case of the Dubs versus the rest

Economy
Cliff Taylor
September 26, 2019, 11:43

Smart Money: Why are Dublin councils cutting bills and many others voting to increase them?

Joseph Stiglitz, the Nobel Prize-winning economist: “People are seeing globalisation as a venue by which rich corporations like Apple and Google can effectively escape taxation while hard-working citizens in France or Germany continue to pay high taxes.” Photograph: Sasha Maslov/New York Times

Stiglitz criticism of Irish tax policy is ‘breathtakingly silly’

Economy
Chris Johns
September 22, 2019, 12:58

Chris Johns: Ireland’s genius to notice US government policy not to tax their global corporations

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NTMA sells €500m of treasury bills in auction

Economy
Ciara O'Brien
September 19, 2019, 12:04

Bills sold at a yield of minus 0.55%

Mark Carney, governor of the Bank of England. Photograph: Reuters

Bank of England governor appointment to be delayed

Economy
September 18, 2019, 06:47

Mark Carney could be asked to extend term if Brexit delayed, report says

Apple Sales International paid less than €10 million of corporate tax in Ireland in 2011.

Explainer: Apple’s €13bn tax appeal has huge implications

Economy
Patrick Smyth
September 13, 2019, 13:43

Case is of massive significance for Ireland and for the policing of state aid by the European Commission

The scheme allows tax relief to be claimed on earnings which derive directly from participation in the sport concerned but not earnings such as sponsorship fees and income from advertisements or endorsements. Photograph: ©INPHO/Presseye/Matt Mackey

Tax relief will not extend to GAA players

Economy
Gordon Deegan
September 9, 2019, 20:25

Minister says scheme for sportspeople cost the State €2.4m over the decade to 2017

Judge Martin Nolan said the appropriate sentence in the case was a term of imprisonment of 16 months.

Self-employed driver jailed for 16 months for failing to pay tax

Economy
Jessica Magee
July 23, 2019, 17:55

Revenue officials estimate losses to the State come in at over €375,000 in unpaid taxes

The Tax Strategy Group recommends that politicians consider committing to an annual 0.25 to 0.5 point increase in PRSI rates for a period of five to 10 years.

Political promises get reality check from Tax Strategy Group

Economy
July 18, 2019, 05:37

Commitment to increase entry level of higher rate of income tax costed at €2.3 billion

Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe doubled betting tax this year to 2 per cent of turnover. Photograph: Clodagh Kilcoyne/Reuters

Government is considering tax break for bookies

Economy
Barry O'Halloran
July 17, 2019, 20:56

Measure under consideration would allow tax-free turnover of €2.5 million a year

Four reits – Green, Hibernia, Yew Grove and I-Res – listed on the Irish Stock Exchange between 2013 and last year. They own about €3.7 billion worth of property. Photograph: Cyril Byrne

Reit dividends increase tenfold in four years

Economy
Barry O'Halloran
July 17, 2019, 20:43

Four listed trusts paid €93.49 million in dividends last year

Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe has said that in the event of a no-deal Brexit, the Government would allow the budget to go into deficit next year. File photograph: Clodagh Kilcoyne/Reuters

Three things Paschal Donohoe must decide before the budget

Economy
Cliff Taylor
June 25, 2019, 15:52

The key decisions set up by the summer statement – and what they mean for you

Money available for new measures on budget day will be limited

Explainer: What is the Government’s Summer Statement?

Economy
Cliff Taylor
June 25, 2019, 10:53

Minister’s presentation is one of the key steps toward the budget for next year

New Zealand’s treasury chief Gabriel Makhlouf: he is due to become the Irish Central Bank’s new governor

Report on incoming Central Bank governor due in New Zealand

Economy
Kate MacNamara
June 24, 2019, 16:06

Gabriel Makhlouf’s allegations of hacking sparked political furore last month

Mohammed Morsi: died at the age of 67 after collapsing in court during a retrial of charges of espionage. Photograph: Tara Todras-Whitehill/The New York Times

Mohamed Morsi obituary: Egypt’s first democratically elected president

Economy
June 22, 2019, 05:00

Once in power, his stubborn Islamist policies brought protesters on to the streets

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