Tax Tom Maguire: Playing for KEEPs gives SMEs some added skin in the gameThe Key Employee Engagement Programme has the potential to become a real selling point for talent, but the stringent terms and conditions behind it need to change
energy crisis Vast majority of public support windfall tax on companies profiting from energy crisis, survey finds More than 50% of people surveyed by Ireland Thinks also support a moratorium on data centres connecting to electricity grid
Sponsored Tom Maguire: What a tangled web we weave when we take on EU tax law before simplifying our ownA new European directive aims to redress the imbalance in debt/equity investing, but here in Ireland, achieving a tax deduction for interest on debt financing is already galactically complex
Economics Dan O’Brien: Export earnings don’t tell full story of Ireland Inc’s reliance on tech and pharmaIreland now earns more from exports than Italy, a G7 economy – but multinationals are massive earners for us, which may leave us vulnerable
Tax Meet the millionaire who wants people like him to pay more taxDjaffar Shalchi, an Iranian-Danish real estate mogul, is campaigning for a global wealth tax of 1 to 3 per cent to be levied on the world’s super-rich
Legal Tax adviser claims Google ad ban will destroy his business Gary O’Brien, owner of My Tax Refund, is seeking an injunction to allow his firm to buy advertising on the platform, on which he had already spent €350,000
Tax Brian Keegan: Why is Ifac calling for a rainy day fund as the skies begin to clear?Many other developed countries would give their right arm to be in the solid economic position we are in. Yet we seem afraid to spend that largesse on causes that desperately need it
Economics Tax increases or spending cuts could be ahead, budgetary watchdog warnsPolicymakers face ‘delicate balance’ of managing inflation, protecting poorer households and delivering on longer-term policies
Tax Ian Guider: Catch-all schemes won’t fix the cost of living crisisProposing wealth and windfall taxes is missing the point – a better solution is to draw up effective measures to help those who need the money most of all
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
Corporate Tax Lucinda Creighton: The OECD’s global tax deal may not survive US elections in November Ireland can now enjoy something of a reprieve, as the OECD has given up hope of any changes whatsoever before 2024
Tax Senior official warns against too many changes in tax regime The head of business tax at the Department of Finance said ‘unintended consequences’ could include driving businesses to the wall or opening a hole in the exchequer
Corporation Tax Not a done deal: Global tax reforms at the mercy of a shifting US SenateThe historic two-pillar tax overhaul agreed two years ago is ‘making good progress’, the OECD director said last week. But apart from the fact that it will put smaller and developing countries at a disadvantage, the whole project is riding on whether US president Joe Biden can push it through Congress
Focus On Tom Maguire: Revenue’s input critical as global rule changes present challenges While headway was made last year on complex EU tax issues, it is still an evolving area and guidance is essential if new measures are to be implemented
Tax Tom Maguire: The cryptic tax rules that surround bitcoin and its ilk There are no specific rules in connection with crypto-assets, and therefore any transactions in them need to be carefully analysed
John Walsh: Any would-be government must be honest with voters about what it can achieveThe DPP’s decision on Leo Varadkar’s leaking of a confidential document may well be the deciding factor on whether this government runs its full term, but any incoming administration has major challenges ahead
Brian Keegan: Would age-specific taxation help to halt Ireland’s brain drain? As a country, we consistently ask the wrong questions about our industrial and investment policy
Tom Maguire: How our tax regime could sweeten the pill for future R&DA tax credit won’t be R&D’s driving force, but it can be a factor in determining where such R&D happens – so our tax rules need to be sufficiently attractive for it to be carried on here
John Walsh: We cannot ignore the laws of economic gravityIf a government wants to spend big, it needs an appropriate tax base. Disregarding this fact in the past was Fianna Fáil’s fatal flaw, but leading the conversation on it now might just earn the party a future
Taxpayers face €13bn black hole by 2030, officials warnHealth and pension costs created by an increasingly ageing population would add an additional €7 billion to the country’s spending bill each year by 2030