Brian Keegan: The Tax Take

An all-island offering

So Northern Ireland is going to finally get its own corporation tax rate. It’s been a while coming and there have been several false dawns.

Last Tuesday’s announcement, as part of the ‘Fresh Start’ agreement brokered between the various parties, confirmed a start date of April 2018 and a rate of 12.5 per cent. This was the first time it was confirmed that the North’s corporation tax rate would be ...