Let’s have equality on tax treatments for investors

There are a number of inconsistencies and inequalities in the Irish tax system that market investors must grapple with on an ongoing basis.

Investors and advisers alike will be eagerly anticipating October’s Budget 2016, the subsequent Finance Act and any future Revenue Commissioners guidance notes, in the hope that the tax landscape will not only become more advantageous for market investing, but also more consistent and understandable (watch this space). The problem, however, ...