The Tax Take: The palpable tax collection urgency

New measures in recent years have resulted in a scramble when it comes to tax collection in this country

January is invariably a tough month, cash-wise, and a January with five Mondays feels even tougher. It’s helped, though, for many of us this week by the first payslip of 2017, containing as it does the benefit of the reduction in USC and its creation of a little bit of personal “fiscal space”.

The shortage of available fiscal space for the government is emphasised by just how little difference the USC cuts of ...