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Corporate Tax

Phantom Exports

Finance cannot access details about Irish ‘phantom exports’

For reasons of commercial sensitivity, the Department of Finance has no access to data about Irish goods not produced or traded from here, but booked here for tax purposes
  • Daniel Murray
  • March 12, 2023
Politics

Government considers new state pension fund to absorb ‘windfall’ corporate tax receipts

The government has taken advice that over half of Ireland’s bumper corporate tax revenues could be windfall in nature and should not be committed into permanent spending
  • Daniel Murray
  • March 12, 2023
Economics

Aidan Regan: Global tax games fuel wealth inequality and erode democracy

Ireland may profit from its privileged position on the gameboard, but the real winners are the super-rich owners of Big Tech and Big Pharma corporations
  • Aidan Regan
  • January 14, 2023
Economics

John Walsh: With a downturn on the way, the government must focus on the things it can control

There’s not much Ireland can do about the growing list of threats to the corporate tax that we rely so heavily upon, but the government can try to avoid the mistakes of the past and keep a tight rein on spending
  • John Walsh
  • November 12, 2022
Today's headlines

Billions in corporate tax this year a once-off, Finance warns; Number of new house builds down 14%

The top stories from business and politics in today’s Business Post
  • Business Post
  • November 6, 2022
Economics

John Walsh: It’s time Irish businesses got as much support as the FDI sector

With government spending increasing and our heavy reliance on corporate tax receipts, Ireland could be left exposed if a resurgent US Republican party were to follow through on Trump’s pledge to repatriate jobs from American firms operating abroad
  • John Walsh
  • October 29, 2022
Tax

Coca-Cola told Donohoe of global review amid ‘volatility’ of corporate tax reforms

Drinks giant said potential for Ireland to change to a different model of taxing multinationals was of ‘key importance’ at meeting with Finance Minister in June
  • Donal MacNamee
  • October 14, 2022
Lobbying

Pfizer warned government over changes to corporate tax

Pharmaceutical giant said elements of the plan to overhaul tax rules would create ‘winners and losers’
  • Donal MacNamee
  • October 13, 2022
Tax

John Walsh: Beware the tectonic tax shifts taking place on the continent

OECD tax policy chief Pascal Saint-Amans was a friend to Ireland, and his departure leaves us open to a fundamental shift towards a common EU taxation model
  • John Walsh
  • September 8, 2022
Finance

Corporate tax receipts expected to reach €20bn this year

New report says there is a ‘compelling case’ to treat up to €6bn in corporate tax receipts as ‘volatile’ and unreliable into the future to ensure sustainability of public finances
  • Daniel Murray
  • September 8, 2022
Economics

Record tax receipts drive €5bn exchequer surplus

Tax revenue stands at €43.5bn after the first seven months of the year
  • Donal MacNamee
  • August 3, 2022
Focus On

Making the tax system simpler and fairer will benefit everyone

The IMF’s recent report on the Irish economy has some interesting observations and suggestions about broadening our tax base and simplifying our tax system
  • Tom Maguire
  • July 23, 2022
Corporate Tax

Government still expects deal for 15% minimum corporate tax rate to be implemented

Paschal Donohoe warns that ‘if no progress is made on the rate’ then it opens up ‘risk of unilateral action’
  • Bloomberg
  • July 20, 2022
Business

Leo Varadkar: Before you distribute wealth you have to work to create it

As we prepare to put together our white paper on enterprise, we want to hear from the public on how to catch the next wave of job creation
  • Leo Varadkar
  • July 9, 2022
The Last Post

Matt Cooper: JP McManus’s relationship with Limerick is not a taxing affair

Despite the tycoon’s Robin Hood status in his native region, the truth is that his decision to be a tax resident in Switzerland deprives this country of huge amounts of money
  • Matt Cooper
  • July 9, 2022
Economics

Our failings on innovation could come back to haunt FDI model

Ireland’s wooing of heavyweight foreign investors has proven so successful, it’s undermining the stability of our economy, so we must come up with a new winning formula
  • John Walsh
  • July 8, 2022
Central Bank

Volatility of corporate tax represents risk to state’s income, Central Bank warns

Some €8.8bn in corporation tax was collected in the first six months of the year, well ahead of the same period in 2021
  • Ellie Donnelly
  • July 6, 2022
Economics

Aidan Regan: Ireland needs to stop relying on phantom corporate taxes

Last week’s Ifac report was optimistic about Ireland’s fiscal future, but rightly pointed out the danger of relying too much on the volatile global accounting strategies of multinationals
  • Aidan Regan
  • June 4, 2022
Corporate Tax

IDA considering impact of US tax reforms on multinationals in Ireland

Tender documents show the state’s inward investment agency wants advice on upcoming political and legislative changes in America, and how they could affect companies based here
  • Donal MacNamee
  • June 1, 2022
Tax

Multinational profits hit €100bn for 2020, but tax take shy of 12.5%

Over an eight-year period, Irish subsidiaries of global companies paid less than headline rate, but UCC economist Seamus Coffey says this should not cause concern
  • Peter O'Dwyer
  • May 28, 2022

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