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Ireland's Corporation Tax Residency Rules Under Scrutiny
18/06/2014
According to Professor Jim Stewart of TCD, Ireland’s industrial policy is too tax-dependent and he suggested that policymakers were overly …
Thomas Piketty and Ireland's Property Tax
Nat O'Connor 16/06/2014
Nat O'Connor: The Irish Times had a major article on Thomas Piketty on Saturday (click here) They also had an interesting angle on Ireland's property …
IBEC's proposed tax cuts and Ireland's 'Low Tax Triangle'
Nat O'Connor 12/06/2014
Nat O'Connor: The business lobby group IBEC is advocating cuts to the higher rate of income tax. Such cuts would only benefit one third of income tax …
Want growth and jobs? First tackle inequality.
Cormac Staunton 04/06/2014
Cormac Staunton: A recent article by Ben Olinsky at the Center for American Progress brings together a number of key findings to show how greater …
TASC Conference Programme Now Available
04/06/2014
The TASC 2014 Conference Programme is now available here. 20th June 2014, Croke Park Conference Centre. Keynote address by Thomas Piketty, author of …
News Reports of Tax Cuts are Deeply Flawed
Nat O'Connor 29/05/2014
Nat O'Connor: Reporting of taxation issues is very flawed in Ireland. From before Christmas, we had reports like: "Income tax may be cut in the next …
The Secretive TTIP Agreement Threatens Democratic Regulation of European Economies
29/05/2014
What follows is a statement which was unanimously adopted at the Congress of the Nordic Transport Workers’ Federation in Malmoe, Sweden, last week: …
Thomas Piketty in The Financial Times and Tax Transparency
Nat O'Connor 26/05/2014
Nat O'Connor: It's an old stereotype that you can tell who are the serious left-wing economists by whether or not they read The Financial Times. The …
Most people won't benefit from any change to the 41% higher tax rate
22/05/2014
Talk of cuts to the 41% higher rate of income tax ignores the fact that two-thirds of people paying income tax do not pay any tax at that rate. The …
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Kirsty Doyle
Kirsty Doyle is a Researcher at TASC, working in the area of health inequalities. She is …
Paul Sweeney
Paul Sweeney is former Chief Economist of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. He was a …
Shana Cohen
Dr. Shana Cohen is the Director of TASC. She studied at Princeton University and at the …