The Tax Take

Fairness is key when setting the most appropriate marginal rate of income tax

Brian Keegan is director of taxation with Chartered Accountants Ireland

The sweet spot

This week, I’m only going to make one mention of Brexit. That was it.

For anyone who works in the financial world at the moment, it’s not an easy topic to avoid, especially if there is an expectation that you are considering and reacting to this stuff. It’s also tempting to make hay with the confusion and uncertainty that’s still out there.

The paradigm of all this uncertainty was British ...