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# taxes - Thursday 28 March, 2019
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.
# taxes - Tuesday 20 November, 2018
'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.
# taxes - Saturday 17 November, 2018
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.
# taxes - Thursday 26 July, 2018
Maps show distribution of wealth in 14th-century Ireland
They suggest a more complex Gaelic economy than often believed.
# taxes - Monday 18 September, 2017
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.
# taxes - Tuesday 17 January, 2017
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.
# taxes - Wednesday 11 January, 2017
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.
# taxes - Thursday 10 November, 2016
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.
# taxes - Tuesday 11 October, 2016
What Budget 2017 means for someone earning around €100,000
Has it been a good or bad day for you?
# taxes - Sunday 9 October, 2016
Majority of people believe Ireland should bring in a sugar tax
54% of people in Ireland want to see the tax introduced.
# taxes - Sunday 2 October, 2016
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.
# taxes - Wednesday 31 August, 2016
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.
# taxes - Friday 22 January, 2016
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.
# taxes - Thursday 14 January, 2016
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.
# taxes - Wednesday 13 January, 2016
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.
# taxes - Wednesday 25 November, 2015
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.
# taxes - Friday 30 October, 2015
'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.
# taxes - Wednesday 14 October, 2015
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.
# taxes - Sunday 4 October, 2015
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.
# taxes - Friday 2 October, 2015
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.
# taxes - Monday 21 September, 2015
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.
# taxes - Friday 10 July, 2015
Greece latest: Eurozone ministers to make 'major' decision tomorrow
The country is looking for a €53 billion bailout.
# taxes - Monday 29 June, 2015
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.
# taxes - Tuesday 16 June, 2015
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.
# taxes - Thursday 11 June, 2015
'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.
# taxes - Wednesday 1 April, 2015
The government might not have much room to make tax cuts this year
Some bad news for the “squeezed middle”.
# taxes - Monday 12 January, 2015
# taxes - Friday 2 January, 2015
How does Ireland's VAT compare to the rest of Europe?
We checked. Here’s the map.
# taxes - Sunday 23 November, 2014
Check out this clip of Bertie Ahern talking about tax cheats in 1993
He wasn’t a fan.
# taxes - Friday 14 November, 2014
More people are filing their tax returns online
By midnight yesterday, over 397,000 income tax returns for 2013 were filed.
# taxes - Thursday 13 November, 2014
Russell Brand is an anti-water charge protester
The outspoken celebrity has used his latest YouTube video to speak against Irish Water.
# taxes - Monday 13 October, 2014
Where does all your tax money go?
With the Budget just one day away, we take a look at where your tax money is currently being spent.
# taxes - Thursday 2 October, 2014
Opinion: Government needs a wake-up call over water charges
This charge will be a greater burden on those with low income – it’s an unfair and regressive tax on a fundamental need.
# taxes - Tuesday 23 September, 2014
Charities don't want to see tax cuts in the Budget
They’d much prefer their funding back.
# taxes - Monday 22 September, 2014
Are loose alcohol-sale laws turning Irish diners into a nation of 'handbag drinkers'?
Restaurateurs want a shake up of liquor pricing… and immediate action to fix a chef-shortage “crisis”.
# taxes - Thursday 19 June, 2014
Michael Noonan will do 'whatever it takes' to reach deficit targets
The Minister for Finance ruled out a €2 billion adjustment in Budget 2015
# taxes - Tuesday 3 June, 2014
Opinion: Do rising property prices impact on Local Property Tax payments?
It seems like every month there’s new confusion regarding the Local Property Tax; let’s clear up a couple here.
# taxes - Tuesday 20 May, 2014
Gilmore on THAT water charges leaflet: 'What I was against then is what I'm against now' Exclusive
“Yes, I am,” the Tánaiste said yesterday when asked if he was hearing anger on the doorsteps about water charges.
# taxes - Sunday 16 February, 2014
Column: For the Danes, life is all about community... can we learn from them?
The Danes have good food, a high standard of living, and are the happiest people in the word… what’s their secret? John Verling looks at the culture differences between Ireland and Denmark.
# taxes - Tuesday 11 February, 2014
Multinational companies paid just 2.2 per cent tax in 2011 - report
A new study from Trinity College contradicts the government position on multinationals’ tax rates, but had been criticised.
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Poll: Will you be voting today?
THIS MORNING, POLLS opened across Ireland in order for people to vote in no less than three (in some cases, four) events.
People are being asked to vote on a referendum, local elections, European elections and in some areas – Limerick, Waterford and Cork city – a plebiscite on directly-elected mayors.
Polls opened this morning at 7am and will close at 10pm tonight. The counting will begin tomorrow but it won’t be until early next week that we will have the full results.
So we want to know: Will you be voting today?
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