Tax Strategy

Health stores have reacted angrily to moves that could see Revenue impose a VAT rate of 23 per cent on food supplements including vitamins, minerals, (...)

Fuel and alcohol were spared any tax increases in Paschal Dohohoe’s second budget but tobacco was hit hard again as the Minister for Finance confirmed(...)

Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe has indicated he’ll have about €800 million for new spending and tax measures in Budget 2019, to be allocated on(...)

The number of new cars taking to our roads is down 4.5 per cent this year, while used car imports are up 11.3 per cent, according to figures from the (...)

The idea of a usage tax on private motorists seems eminently sensible on paper, but Government policy doesn’t exist in a vacuum. The reality is that m(...)

It’s budget time, which means the 9 per cent VAT rate enjoyed by the hospitality sector is once again up for debate. Previously, the view was that th(...)

Exchequer returns for the first eight months of the year suggest the scope for spending increases and tax cuts in October’s budget remains extremely l(...)

Seán Quinn, his son Seán Quinn jnr and sons-in-law Stephen Kelly and Niall McPartland have launched their Quinnbet online betting venture at a time wh(...)

Pre-budget speculation ramped up this week with the publication of papers from the Tax Strategy Group. The group of senior civil servants set out vari(...)

The Government is weighing an increase in betting tax that horseracing and breeding groups suggest could be passed to punters. The news comes as an e(...)