Taxing times ahead at TDs’ clinics

Revenue’s plans to abolish some flat-rate expenses for PAYE workers is likely to cause headaches for employees and TDs alike

One of the damaging aspects of the Votegate controversy is that by focusing on sloppy voting habits and practices in the Dáil chamber, the good work which politicians do for their constituents on a routine basis is undermined.

The political clinic is a key element in any democracy, and our TDs and councillors are routinely asked for help and advice on all kinds of social and legal issues. Tax, in all its complexity, ...