The Tax Take

The relaunched Seed Capital Scheme, Sure, appears to be little more than a PR exercise by the government

For this relief, will there be much thanks?

A few years ago, Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Richard Bruton gave the opening address at a Chartered Accountants Ireland conference. The recovery in jobs numbers was not as pronounced then as it is now.

In his talk, Bruton focused on the various incentive programmes and in particular called on his audience to promote a thing called the Seed Capital Scheme.

The idea behind ...