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# Taxes

This year
2023
Voices
Opinion: 'How to spend the country's €65 billion surplus and make people happy'
Dr Mark Henry argues that Ireland’s budget surplus should be invested in the blueprint for national well-being.
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May 30th 2023, 7:00 AM
# windfall
Corporation tax up 71% in the first quarter of 2023 - but half of it is 'unlikely to be permanent'
However, Finance Minister Michael McGrath has said around half of that tax take is unlikely to be permanent.
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Apr 4th 2023, 5:19 PM
Last year
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# budget 2023
Budget 2023: What can we expect in next week's package?
Next week’s budget is set to be split in two, with one-off cost-of-living measures expected to be included.
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Sep 20th 2022, 6:00 AM
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Pearse Doherty: Workers and families facing the cost of living crisis need an emergency budget
The Sinn Féin deputy says now is the time for emergency measures to tackle rising inflation.
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Jun 28th 2022, 11:12 AM
# Universal Social Charge
Explainer: Was the USC meant to be a temporary measure?
Some politicians’ stances on the tax have changed over the years.
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Feb 15th 2022, 2:44 PM
All time
Voices
Michael Pidgeon: Why the left - including Sinn Féin - should support property taxes
The Green Party councillor says 90% of Ireland’s household wealth is tied up in property and that we should keep taxing it.
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Jun 2nd 2021, 1:46 PM
# Investigation
Joe Biden's son Hunter facing federal investigation over ‘tax affairs’
The investigation by the Delaware US Attorney’s office was disclosed in a statement by Biden’s transition office.
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Dec 9th 2020, 9:28 PM
# Tax Returns
Five things we've learned about Donald Trump's tax affairs
The US President has been waging a legal battle to keep his tax returns hidden, but the New York Times has published details.
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Sep 28th 2020, 11:52 AM
# pay packet
Debt and taxes: Here's what the parties want to do to people's tax burdens
It’s all about the money.
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Feb 6th 2020, 6:05 AM
# tax back
Revenue defers plans to change the flat rate expenses scheme
Workers are afforded tax relief for expenses incurred in their day-to-day jobs.
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Dec 5th 2019, 4:41 PM
# Tax Hikes
Raise price of cigarettes to €20 a pack by 2025, government told
The Irish Heart Foundation is arguing for the move in its pre-Budget submission.
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Aug 15th 2019, 6:30 AM
# rise at the pump
Carbon tax should quadruple to €80 per tonne by 2030, committee recommends
There was a row at Oireachtas Climate Action Committee over the plan to increase carbon tax.
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Mar 28th 2019, 4:41 PM
# Taxes
'Elaborate system for workers to vouch for modest expenses': Mary Lou and Leo clash over Revenue changes
The changes will kick in in January 2020.
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Nov 20th 2018, 8:01 PM
# ge 18
Taoiseach promises to raise top rate of tax to €50k over next five years
In what many are dubbing an election speech, the Taoiseach promised transformational tax reform.
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Nov 17th 2018, 5:30 PM
# papal taxation
Maps show distribution of wealth in 14th-century Ireland
They suggest a more complex Gaelic economy than often believed.
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Jul 26th 2018, 6:15 AM
# Money in your pocket
Fine Gael are on a collision course with Fianna Fáil over the USC
Fianna Fáil’s Micheal Martin said the confidence and supply agreement is clear that there must be reductions in the USC.
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Sep 18th 2017, 2:32 PM
# Money matters
Napoli to offer Maradona role once club legend settles his bill with Italy's tax man
The Argentine was ordered to pay €39 million four years ago.
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Jan 17th 2017, 1:52 PM
# Press Conference
Russia, Nazi Germany, and that Mexican wall: Trump faces all the big questions
However, he acknowledged that Russia was behind the hacking of Democratic computers.
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Jan 11th 2017, 4:59 PM
# appeal
Republican Thomas "Slab" Murphy had 'nothing to do with farming' court told
The three-judge Special Criminal Court found Murphy guilty on all counts and he was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment in February.
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Nov 10th 2016, 7:47 AM
# HIGHER EARNERS
What Budget 2017 means for someone earning around €100,000
Has it been a good or bad day for you?
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Oct 11th 2016, 4:36 PM
# Obesity
Majority of people believe Ireland should bring in a sugar tax
54% of people in Ireland want to see the tax introduced.
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Oct 9th 2016, 6:45 AM
# manhattan takes donald
Watch: Donald Trump has had a rough 24 hours courtesy of New York
The New York Times claims the mogul hasn’t paid tax “in decades”, while Saturday Night Live’s take on the presidential debate was less than flattering to Trump to put it mildly.
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Oct 2nd 2016, 12:39 PM
# Taxes
Poll: Should we take the Apple money?
The tech giant could be forced to pay up to €19 billion in back taxes when interest is taken into account as a result of the decision.
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Aug 31st 2016, 9:37 AM
# back payments
There has been movement in Apple's stand-off with the EU over Irish tax deals
Taoiseach Enda Kenny has hit back at accusations of the company being given a preferential tax deal.
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Jan 22nd 2016, 7:56 AM
# Talking tax
Fine Gael's promise to scrap the USC is not all it seems
The party has been accused of backtracking on an election pledge before we’ve even voted.
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Jan 14th 2016, 3:23 PM
# price at the pumps
Price war means motorists set to save on petrol and diesel
Oil prices are dropping and the market in Ireland is very competitive at the moment.
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Jan 13th 2016, 2:00 PM
# Social media wars
Sinn Féin says this Fine Gael video is 'typical pathetic crap'
A short Vine has sparked a war of words over taxes between the two parties.
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Nov 25th 2015, 8:30 PM
Voices
'I don’t feel safe in my home after it was burgled and fear constantly hangs over me'
Pat Kelly, aged 72, cared for his parents for most of his life. Now, he struggles to make ends meet and fears the rise in crime in his area.
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Oct 30th 2015, 8:00 PM
# Budget 16
Why hasn't the USC been scrapped yet?
We were told back in 2011 that it was a temporary measure, but €4 billion every year seems to be too difficult to part with.
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Oct 14th 2015, 6:00 AM
Voices
A wealth tax is a possibility. You don’t need to be a member of the far left to call for this
Instead of cutting taxes and USC, politicians should start spending more, writes Julien Mercille.
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Oct 4th 2015, 8:00 AM
# Investigation
Journalist says she's been interviewed by gardaí over Michael Lowry complaint
Elaine Byrne said she was interviewed by gardaí yesterday over a complaint by the independent TD.
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Oct 2nd 2015, 10:58 AM
# Age Action
Irish pensioners made to choose between heat and food need extra €5 a week
Age Action is calling for increases to the State pension and the living alone allowance.
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Sep 21st 2015, 10:56 PM
# feta-compli?
Greece latest: Eurozone ministers to make 'major' decision tomorrow
The country is looking for a €53 billion bailout.
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Jul 10th 2015, 11:00 PM
# Courts
Judge apologises as he sentences newspaper delivery man to 18 months in jail for Revenue fraud
Judge Nolan said the businessman was “hard working” but that he had to mark the seriousness of the fraud.
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Jun 29th 2015, 8:00 PM
# not a fan
Michael Lowry has a go at Revenue as he's cleared of tax liability
The TD had been accused of filing incorrect tax returns in 2003 and 2007.
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Jun 16th 2015, 12:58 PM
# bailout talks
'The day is coming that someone says the game is over for Greece'
The IMF has pulled its team out of talks with the cash-strapped nation.
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Jun 11th 2015, 6:32 PM
# The Fingers thing
The government might not have much room to make tax cuts this year
Some bad news for the “squeezed middle”.
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Apr 1st 2015, 6:04 AM
# Fingers means the taxes
How much tax did Revenue collect last year?
Loads.
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Jan 12th 2015, 5:19 PM
# VAT Out OF Hell
How does Ireland's VAT compare to the rest of Europe?
We checked. Here’s the map.
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Jan 2nd 2015, 8:15 AM
# Political nostalgia
Check out this clip of Bertie Ahern talking about tax cheats in 1993
He wasn’t a fan.
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Nov 23rd 2014, 5:30 PM
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