Housing Ian Guider: We still need small landlords, so is it time to incentivise them to stay put rather than sell up?The tax treatment of landlords in Ireland is out of kilter: large investment funds are incentivised to remain in the market, small landlords to leave
Politics Proposed 30% income tax rate would only benefit 35% of workers, according to state analysisFine Gael has pushed the case for a new third rate of income tax, which would sit between the lowest income tax rate of 20% and the higher rate of 40%
Tax Government warns windfall tax on energy sector could rebound on consumersMany European states are imposing such a tax after UN secretary-general censured fossil fuel giants for reaping ‘immoral’ profits during the energy crisis
Tax Sinn Féin PRSI proposal could double current rate paid by businessesParty’s proposals to the Commission on Taxation and Welfare also include a third income tax rate and rises in capital gains and inheritance taxes
Food & Wine The Secret Restaurateur: Is it time for the hospitality sector to go fully cashless? Our industry insider weighs up the pros and cons of ditching cash in their business
UK Dan O’Brien: We shouldn’t get our hopes up about our relationship ‘reset’ with BritainNo matter who wins the leadership race, Boris Johnson’s successor is likely to tread familiar Tory terrain, from regulation to the Northern Ireland protocol
Budget 2023 ‘The numbers have gone mad’: How our corporate tax take is built on shifting sandsAs Paschal Donohoe unveiled his Summer Economic Statement last week, it was clear that he regards our swollen corporate tax receipts as an artificial and unreliable way of augmenting the national finances
Budget 2023 Brian Keegan: We’ve passed our economics exams, but the budget is something elseGlowing reports from the IMF won’t mean much to those struggling with rent, fuel and food costs
Tax As budget looms, we must strive to incentivise the SME sectorWhile we may disagree with the EU on certain tax measures, we can’t disagree when it says that ‘SMEs are the backbone of Europe’s economy’
Vacant Homes New vacant home tax to come into force next year Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe confirmed the tax would be introduced in Budget 2023 after Revenue identified 57,000 vacant homes
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