Given Ireland’s pandemic-related national debt, significant income tax cuts in the near future seem unlikely, but moving abroad to work remotely will not always result in savings either

Corporation tax might be dominating the headlines now, but environmental matters are of more long-term importance to international finance

The lack of reaction to the Vat hike on online purchases shows us yet again that when it comes to taxes, we respond primarily by reference to what we last experienced

There are important tax implications for employers as they prepare for the winding-down of the pandemic supports

The Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base is getting a new title— Befit. But a lack of real change suggests a naïveté and mission creep on the part of the European Commission

The wholesale purchase of estates is a serious problem, but there are many reasons for the high cost of homes, and the most important is lack of supply

We can’t afford to be fatalistic as the OECD negotiations unfold. There are plenty of reasons to hope we won’t end up €2 billion out of pocket

Flawed as it is, the protocol plays a big role in volumes of trade on the island of Ireland which are very much in the North’s favour

A move to tax those who’ve done well financially during the pandemic has been mooted, but there are good reasons not to touch it

Britain is belatedly tightening up its corporate governance, but Ireland plays by the EU’s rules and ought to act accordingly

Joe Biden is implementing a radical agenda to fund his public expenditure programme, but what will it mean for our corporation tax yields?

We don’t necessarily need to rewrite the tax code to take account of remote working, but we do need to think about tweaking it to better reflect future working conditions

New criminal justice legislation will bring Ireland in line with EU, but it‘s only the first step

The latest grace periods for checks and controls are merely a sticking plaster to hide how horribly unprepared Boris Johnson’s government is for the practicalities of Brexit

The British Chancellor, faced with an economy that shrank last year by almost 10 per cent, has resorted to austerity-style measures in his attempt to stem the bleeding

The ‘go it alone’ approach by Australia in the row with Facebook challenges the OECD line that ‘together is better’ when it comes to taxation

Ireland is exceptional at using the tax system to attract and promote multinational companies, but that isn’t the case for smaller firms here

There seems little recognition that the special arrangement designates the North as a uniquely privileged trading zone

A lack of any serious engagement with the economic consequences of Brexit means that further crises and flashpoints are inevitable

The difficulties being experienced by hauliers, importers and others are more than mere ‘teething problems’