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Tax

# tax - Thursday 16 May, 2013

Survey finds the majority of people are unaware of pension tax breaks

A survey for Standard Life found that the average adult has a pension of about €4,000 per annum to live on.

From Business ETC Google

Google exec grilled in UK over ‘devious’ use of Ireland to reduce tax

MPs suggested that more sales activities are taking place in the UK than the company is willing to admit to.

Your Say This post contains a poll

Poll: Would you support a smartphone tax to fund suicide prevention?

A Senator has suggested that a one to four per cent levy would raise major funds for these resources. Would you support it?

# tax - Tuesday 14 May, 2013

The 9 at 9: Tuesday

Good morning! Here are nine things to know before you start your day.

# tax - Thursday 9 May, 2013

Column: Are we proud that Ireland is the poster child of austerity?

Austerity has not worked in Ireland or across the eurozone, writes Joan Collins, who points out that even the architects of our bailout admit it was the wrong path.

# tax - Wednesday 8 May, 2013

Revenue “happy” with property tax payments after deadline passes

The deadline for filing the paper returns fell yesterday – but the online payment system remains open until 28 May.

# tax - Sunday 5 May, 2013

From Business ETC Post Office

Post Offices want to process more Government services to prevent closures

Processing motor tax renewals, hospital charges, water charges, business rates and other government services would help keep An Post in business.

# tax - Saturday 4 May, 2013

Here’s what you needed to know about the property tax

With the deadlines approaching, we asked for your questions about the property tax and here they are answered…

# tax - Sunday 28 April, 2013

Column: Young people should leave school financially literate

How pensions work, how to read a payslip, dealing with personal taxes, how to choose and take out a loan (and how to pay it back), these should all be taught in school, writes Sinead Doherty.

# tax - Wednesday 24 April, 2013

Household Charge This post contains a poll

Are you one in four people who have yet to pay your household charge?

The charge can still be paid up until 30 June 2013.

# tax - Tuesday 23 April, 2013

SIPTU president wants promissory note savings used to avoid public pay cuts

Jack O’Connor says using the €1 billion annual savings, and a higher tax rate on high earners, can avoid wide public strikes.

Why tax-free shopping on the internet could be facing end in US

The bill, which was being debated in the US Senate yesterday, could lead to the recouping of $11 billion in lost annual sales taxes.

# tax - Tuesday 16 April, 2013

From Business ETC Mortgage Arrears

Revenue to waive tax on sale of properties for owners in arrears

The ruling will allow for banks to come to a new arrangement with mortgage holders to write off some of their debt without incurring extra charges.

# tax - Thursday 11 April, 2013

French ex-minister ‘has to move every two days to escape pressure’

Jerome Cahuzac, who has been charged with tax fraud over an offshore bank account, says he can’t stay in one place for long.

# tax - Wednesday 3 April, 2013

From Business ETC Exchequer Returns

Deficit stands at €3.7 billion in latest exchequer returns

Tax revenue was ahead of target by €47 million with corporation tax surpassing its target by €147 million.

# tax - Tuesday 2 April, 2013

Column: The EU need not look beyond its own borders to see widespread poverty

At 38 per cent, Ireland has the highest rate of children at risk of poverty in Western Europe. But, far from protecting the vulnerable, the government has introduced austerity measures that mean the rich get richer, writes Richard Manton.

# tax - Friday 29 March, 2013

From Business ETC Tax Haven

Liechtenstein hands over information about suspected US tax dodgers

The data transfer comes after a demand by the US Justice Department.

Property tax: Over a million letters issued and over 25,000 returns made

The Revenue issued the latest figures for the local property tax last night.

# tax - Tuesday 26 March, 2013

Irish actress among five people jailed for UK ‘fake film’ scam

Aoife Madden, a niece of a Sinn Féin MP, was jailed for her role in a scam to claim tax relief for a film that didn’t exist.

From Business ETC Mortgages

Revenue assures that mortgage write-offs won’t be subject to tax

The Revenue Commissioners says it considers a mortgage write-down to be a commercial act and not a ‘gift’ for tax purposes.

# tax - Monday 25 March, 2013

Mortgage write-offs ‘could be subject to 33pc tax’

An accountants’ body says it believes any debts written off a person’s mortgage could be subject to Capital Gains Tax.

# tax - Saturday 23 March, 2013

From Business ETC On The Brink

# tax - Wednesday 20 March, 2013

Column: The success or failure of the UK’s economic strategy matters greatly to Ireland

The UK budget being announced today has implications for Ireland too, writes James Kilcourse, who says as well as being a crucial trading partner, the UK is Ireland’s biggest rival for attracting foreign direct investment.

# tax - Saturday 16 March, 2013

579 people pay the property tax in its first week

Figures released by the Revenue also show there were more than 600,000 hits on its new website to calculate property tax.

# tax - Friday 8 March, 2013

Leo Varadkar: Property tax is easy to pay and hard to evade

The Minister for Transport said that people struggling to pay their bills do not automatically become exempt from income tax and the same principle should apply to the forthcoming property tax.

# tax - Thursday 7 March, 2013

Tánaiste defends changes to maternity benefit, property tax

Eamon Gilmore asked Sinn Féin whether it would encourage people to be tax compliant and pay the property tax later this year.

# tax - Tuesday 5 March, 2013

The Evening Fix… now with added nuns on a plane

Here’s all the things we learned, loved and shared today.

# tax - Thursday 28 February, 2013

30 protesters occupy PWC over ‘unfair’ austerity taxes

The activists then made their way to the IBEC conference to continue their protest.

# tax - Monday 25 February, 2013

Revenue to introduce new marker system in crackdown on fuel laundering

The current marker system has been deemed ineffective as criminals use acid to wash the dye from the agri-fuel.

# tax - Friday 22 February, 2013

Property tax will account for flooding risk in coastal homes

The head of the Revenue Commissioners says the first letters will go out to households on the week of March 11.

# tax - Monday 18 February, 2013

Revenue to use mapping directory to value homes for property tax

Finance Minister Michael Noonan said he expected Revenue would only value homes for the tax “in the minority of cases”.

This is what the new Local Property Tax form will look like…

The form will need to be completed before the LPT comes into effect on 1 July.

# tax - Wednesday 13 February, 2013

From Business ETC Finance Bill

Here are the new measures to be included in the Finance Bill

Much of the Bill gives effect to measures announced in Budget 2013 – but there are also some new parts.

# tax - Saturday 26 January, 2013

You asked, we answered: What you wanted to know about the property tax (pt 2)

After last week’s Q&A about the property tax you had more questions so we’ve been getting you more answers…

# tax - Wednesday 23 January, 2013

From Business ETC Red Tape

New computer system to slash €32m a year in red tape for Irish businesses – Varadkar

More than 300,000 Irish businesses and sole traders will see the cost of compliance with transport regulation cut when new computer systems go live later this year, said the Minister.

# tax - Tuesday 22 January, 2013

The Evening Fix… now with added Beyoncé miming

Here are the things we learned, loved and shared today.

From The Score Benjamins

# tax - Saturday 19 January, 2013

You asked, we answered: What you wanted to know about the property tax

We asked readers to submit questions they had about the property tax last weekend. You responded with a number of queries and here are the answers…

# tax - Thursday 17 January, 2013

Column: Taxing the wealthy is an option we need to look at

High earners and corporations – should they not ‘share the burden’ with the rest of us, asks Kieran Allen.

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