Tax
‘The chuckle brothers act can’t last’: Coalition partners hone in on tax in bid to reclaim political ground
Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil both working up separate party manifestos on tax measures as budget nears
Addressing the Dáil during his budget day speech last year, Michael McGrath referenced tax no less than 85 times.
Some of that was around the challenges facing the economy, and of the need to futureproof the national purse from shocks by setting up two new funds into which Ireland’s vulnerable corporate tax receipts would be funnelled.
Much of what McGrath touted, however, were the annual tax breaks and giveaways; Income tax credits were increased, the ...
