Category: Taxation
Reviewing the Universal Social Charge
Tom McDonnell 11/03/2011
Tom McDonnell: The new Programme for Government is, perhaps understandably, light on detail in many areas. The document is highly aspirational in …
How not to read taxation statistics
Michael Taft 09/03/2011
Michael Taft: Michael Hennigan over at Finfacts is worried that Irish taxation will reach high Danish levels by 2014. He shouldn’t be (though if …
A new emergency Budget
Michael Taft 26/01/2011
Michael Taft: Whatever about the disputes over facilitating the passage of the Finance Bill, what people want to know is what parties are going to do …
Progressive Austerity?
Nat O'Connor 10/12/2010
Nat O'Connor: There has been a flurry of calculations about the effect of Budget 2011. One technical, but important, point is that our income tax …
Is high income tax bad for the economy?
Proinnsias Breathnach 04/12/2010
Proinnsias Breathnach: In the debate over the extent to which the Irish government should resort to tax increases or expenditure cuts in correcting …
Time up on the tax scam
James Wickham 01/12/2010
James Wickham: One of the bizarre features of current Irish politics is the way in which national independence, national sovereignty and even …
Four-Year Plan: Tax Expenditure
Nat O'Connor 26/11/2010
Nat O'Connor: I'm going to call the National Recovery Plan "the four-year plan" because I believe we should encourage the next government to publish …
Fine Gael's 3:1 Ratio
Nat O'Connor 19/10/2010
Nat O'Connor: Fine Gael has given some useful clarity on their fiscal policy position with the declaration that they would seek €1 billion in tax …
IBEC and Social Justice Ireland call for Higher Taxes (Revised)
Nat O'Connor 06/10/2010
Nat O'Connor: IBEC (in their pre-Budget submission) have proposed that Ireland's level of taxation should be 36 to 38 per cent of GNP. Social Justice …
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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 …
Sean McCabe
Sean holds an B.Sc in Applied Physics from Dublin City University and an M.Sc. in …