Tag: taxation
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Taxing Wages – OECD 2015
Just released today. So, lets see how Ireland groans under a uniquely high burden of wage taxation shall we. Lets look, for illustrative purposes, at a single income average wage earner.
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The Irish Corporate Tax Debate – Proof and Peers needed
The debate on Irish government and corporate tax rates rages on. Unusually, this debate is resolving into a discussion between two academics. Jim Stewart of TCD has asserted a number of claims (here, here, here) on the effective tax rate and on the rate of tax evasion and manipulation by MNC’s. Seamus Coffey of UCC…
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What is the status of Ireland as a tax haven?
Ireland, as we know, is not a tax haven. We know this because we are told it. And, our political and economic elite wouldn’t lie would they…
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Fifty Shades of Property Tax Grey (well, brown)
So the revenue have produced a heatmap of the country, at DED level, to give you a guide as to the property tax you will pay. Or, not. Its fifty shades of brown …well, 7 anyhow. Take a look at Kerry and Kildare (yes, yes, I have two houses…one in Kildare where I live the…
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Stabilizers
Ok..this is going to annoy everyone I suspect… One of the things that strikes me about the debate in Ireland is the fundamental misunderstanding that exists about the public sector. There is a large constituency of people who exhibit tendencies in their discourse that suggests that any wage over zero is too high – these are the die-hards whose…
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(so far 8) questions on the Fiscal Compact which I would like answered..
Following up on my blogpost today and just in time for the sunday business and talking heads shows, some questions spring to mind on the Fiscal Compact. Feel free to pose these to relevant politicians or better yet to answer them below.. How would the existence of the fiscal compact have prevented the Irish economic…
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Taxes…flat,open, and fair is too much to hope for
This is a slightly longer piece published as an oped in the Irish examiner. In the next few weeks a large number of organizations will be announcing they have produced their “prebudget submissions”. Indeed, some have already done so – see for example the chartered accountants, the disability federation, the national women’s federation etc. Submissions…