Category: Taxation
Property Tax (Capital v Income)
Nat O'Connor 19/07/2010
Nat O'Connor: The Minister for Finance has rightly pointed out that any property tax - a tax on capital - must still be paid out of income (Irish …
Property taxes and economic growth
Tom McDonnell 01/06/2010
Tom McDonnell: Nat O’Connor’ post on this blog on May 18th provided an excellent overview of the debate on property tax. Another important aspect …
Property Tax
Nat O'Connor 18/05/2010
Nat O'Connor: The Taoiseach has been talking about the introduction of property tax (Irish Independent, Irish Times). A part of this is tax on …
Money for some, just not us
Michael Taft 17/05/2010
Michael Taft: ‘Folks, the money ain’t there. There is no untaxed honey-pot of rich people to be taxed. Put top rate taxes up to where they were …
How progressive is Irish taxation?
Michael Taft 12/05/2010
Michael Taft: This follows on from Nat O’Connor’s post on taxation and concerns an issue raised by Seamus Coffey in a considered comment; namely, …
Guest post by Anne O'Brien: Reconstructing the Tourism Economy
Anne O'Brien 11/05/2010
Anne O'Brien: The volcanic ash crisis is not the only problem facing the Irish tourism industry this summer. Other, less dramatic and less publicly …
Who will pay the inevitable tax increases?
Nat O'Connor 10/05/2010
Nat O'Connor: As part of our analysis of the Finance Act 2010 we looked at the national finances. An Saoi has pointed out that tax revenue is more or …
Ich bin ein Berliner
Slí Eile 20/04/2010
Slí Eile: Garret got it wrong on 'Hiring economic advisers would have been government's smartest investment' He wrote: In particular, there is no …
Lies, Damn Lies & Irish Economic Statistics - A Basic Lesson in Corporate Tax Planning
An tSaoi 29/03/2010
An Saoi: I have had enough of all of those stockbroker economists & politicians who lecture us incessantly that exports are the key to getting us …
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