Category: Taxation
Invest, tax and restore spending cuts: Challenging the deflationary orthodoxy
Michael Taft 23/09/2010
Michael Taft: Previous posts by Paul Sweeney and Sinéad Pentony refer to articles from two newspapers which occupy different ideological zones. Yet …
The bearable lightness of taxation
Michael Taft 16/09/2010
Michael Taft: In the run-up to the budget we will hear a lot about the ‘dangers of high taxation’. This will be used to justify a programme of …
Community Platform proposals on taxation
14/09/2010
Tom O'Connor spoke at yesterday's launch of the Community Platform's proposals for progressive tax reform, 4 Steps 2 Recovery. Below is his response …
Seven Principles for Progressive Income Tax
Nat O'Connor 10/09/2010
Nat O'Connor: On an earlier post about indirect tax, I was asked to sketch out some principles about income tax. Specifically, the questions were …
IFSC shadow of its intended self
06/09/2010
In an opinion piece for the Irish Times today, Jim Stewart concludes that "In the short term, changes in tax regimes raise issues for economies …
Were we reckless spenders?
Tom McDonnell 20/08/2010
Tom McDonnell: Tuesday’s €1.5 billion bond auction by the National Treasury Management Agency ensures that Ireland will successfully get through …
US Lessons on the Failure of Pension Tax Arrangements
Sinéad Pentony 12/08/2010
Sinéad Pentony: Last week, Professor Teresa Ghilarducci's spoke at a pensions seminar co-hosted by TASC, TCD Pension Policy Research Group and the …
VAT paid by people on low incomes
Nat O'Connor 12/08/2010
Nat O'Connor: This is a follow up to comments on the Corporation Tax post about VAT. As was pointed out to me, although the main VAT rate is 21%, …
Higher Corporation Tax?
10/08/2010
An article in the Irish Times discusses the possibility of higher corporation tax. Quite a number of comments below the article too.
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