The Tax Take

Property’s biggest problem needs to be addressed as a matter of urgency

Wages, Brexit head SFA members' list of concerns. Pic: iStock

A hydra-headed crisis

Finding a tax issue to write about every week isn’t usually a problem, but in recent times, the problem is that the tax system has been hydra-headed, with too many demands competing for attention. Government attention and public resources are limited and we need to prioritise matters, especially those which we in Ireland can directly influence.

The main Brexit and tax issue is customs. For many years, customs has been ...