Tagged with: taxation
The principle of fair reciprocity can inform taxation in an ecosocial future
Mary Murphy 03/04/2023
This blog was first drafted as the authors speaking notes for a forum ‘The Fiscal Social Contract: How Taxation can be Applied as a Tool for Social Good in Irish Society’, February 20, 2023 Royal Irish Academy. Organisers of a Royal Irish Academy forum on taxation policy recently reflected how, ‘in the face of permacrises, there is an …
Time for Ireland to Act Honourably on Corporation Tax
Proinnsias Breathnach 22/02/2018
This is a reproduction of an article published previously on the Ireland After NAMA blog site. The recent World Economic Forum at Davos brought …
The EU cannot stop us investing the proceeds of the sale of AIB
Paul Sweeney 02/06/2017
The Government is trying to shut down the debate over what should be done with the proceeds of selling AIB. It blames the EU’s Stability and Growth …
Brexit, Income Tax and the Social Market Economy
Nat O'Connor 21/04/2017
Various lobbyists have used the opportunity of Brexit to repeat their frequent calls for Ireland to lower its income tax rates. For example, EY …
The “Sharing” Economy is based on a Fissured Workplace
Paul Sweeney 10/08/2016
Paul Sweeney: Uber and Airbnb are not the Sharing Economy. Instead, they represent a rapid increase in the “Fissured Workplace”. This …
Has the OECD abandoned its neo-liberal taxation policies?
Paul Sweeney 27/07/2016
Paul Sweeney: The OECD has relentlessly pursued a neo-liberal taxation policy. It seldom uses the word taxation without the appendage “burden” …
Multinational tax avoidance and international responses (1 of 2)
11/02/2013
Ahead of tomorrow’s release by the OECD of what promises to be an interesting report on their plans to address multinational tax avoidance, this …
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