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The Government’s long-promised plan to merge the universal social charge (USC) and the Pay Related Social Insurance (PRSI) could result in a loss of o(...)

Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe has announced only minimal changes to the personal tax code in the budget with income tax, Universal Social Char(...)

There are always rows after the budget. Some fizzle out, some drag on, some become major political controversies. And while Budget 2020 may contain le(...)

Extra help for families with childcare bills is being examined by the Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe, but final budget negotiations are “difficu(...)

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said there are no plans for the Government to issue a supplementary budget in the event of a no-deal Brexit, but he hinted (...)

While better than expected exchequer returns should offer a little more room for manoeuvre, all the indications had been that Finance Minister Paschal(...)

It is “unsustainable” to keep more than 750,000 income earners outside of the tax loop, the Irish Tax Institute (ITI) has warned. In a pre-budge(...)

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said that next May is the “right time” for a general election as he and his ministers readied the ground for election attacks o(...)

The American Chamber of Commerce Ireland has called on the Government to prioritise income tax cuts in Budget 2020 despite the threat of Brexit. In a(...)

“Where we going, man?” asks the narrator, Sal Paradise, in Jack Kerouac’s On the Road. “I don’t know but we gotta go,” replies his friend Dean Moriar(...)