Income Tax
# income-tax - Wednesday 5 June, 2013
State’s income for three of the ‘big four’ taxes is less than expected
Income tax, VAT and excise duties are lower than had been forecast – but corporation tax is well ahead of expectations.
# income-tax - Thursday 2 May, 2013
Three of the ‘big four’ tax heads fell short of expectations in April
A total of €21 million in local property tax was collected during April.
# income-tax - Tuesday 23 April, 2013
SIPTU president wants promissory note savings used to avoid public pay cuts
Jack O’Connor says using the €1 billion annual savings, and a higher tax rate on high earners, can avoid wide public strikes.
# income-tax - Friday 8 March, 2013
Leo Varadkar: Property tax is easy to pay and hard to evade
The Minister for Transport said that people struggling to pay their bills do not automatically become exempt from income tax and the same principle should apply to the forthcoming property tax.
# income-tax - Thursday 7 March, 2013
Noonan: ‘There’s no money tree out in the back garden’
The Finance Minister said yesterday that there is no unidentified source that the government can tap for funding to help close the deficit.
# income-tax - Monday 4 March, 2013
Exchequer returns show slight fall in tax take for February
The total tax take in February 2013 was €2.042 billion – down by €186 million on the same month from last year.
# income-tax - Monday 4 February, 2013
Exchequer figures show slight fall in government income in January
A €1 billion sale of Bank of Ireland notes means Ireland recorded an Exchequer surplus for January 2013.
# income-tax - Thursday 17 January, 2013
Column: Taxing the wealthy is an option we need to look at
High earners and corporations – should they not ‘share the burden’ with the rest of us, asks Kieran Allen.
# income-tax - Sunday 30 December, 2012
Football stars avoid French plan for 75% income tax
Footballers earning over €1m, like Zlatan Ibrahimovic, would have lost a heft chunk of their weekly wage.
# income-tax - Saturday 29 December, 2012
French court rejects 75 per cent tax rate for millionaires
The move is a blow for French president Francois Hollande who had made the planned 75 per cent tax rate his centrepiece tax measure.
# income-tax - Thursday 6 December, 2012
Counting the pennies: where your tax money will go in 2013
The government’s going to spend €69 billion in total next year. So where does the average taxpayer’s money go?
# income-tax - Wednesday 5 December, 2012
Property tax: Here’s what you need to know
Michael Noonan has revealed all the details of the property tax which is to be introduced from 1 July 2013.
# income-tax - Tuesday 4 December, 2012
Exchequer returns: Government’s tax take 0.5 per cent below target
The Department of Finance has released the last exchequer returns before tomorrow’s Budget with income tax take for November 12 per cent below target.
# income-tax - Saturday 1 December, 2012
Government income for 2012 to fall short of Budget target
The first documents for Budget 2013 show the government expecting a 4.5 per cent increase in income tax in 2013.
Budget 2013: Four days to go, here is the speculation so far
The Budget is days away and though there has been fewer leaks than last year there’s plenty of speculation. This is what we can expect on Wednesday… definitely, maybe.
# income-tax - Wednesday 28 November, 2012
Taoiseach defends ministerial tax breaks for second Dublin homes
The Taoiseach tells Pearse Doherty that cabinet ministers only receive about a tenth of the accommodation allowances that TDs do.
# income-tax - Thursday 15 November, 2012
Over 18,000 sign petition demanding equal access to healthcare
Amnesty Ireland’s petition calls for the provision of equal access to healthcare based on the needs of the patient rather than their ability to pay.
# income-tax - Tuesday 6 November, 2012
Budget 2013 to be held over one day, after Labour’s “serious political miscalculation”
Budget 2013 will take place over a single day this year, unlike the coalition’s first budget last year, which took place over two.
# income-tax - Friday 2 November, 2012
Exchequer returns show €2.9 billion deficit due, in part, to payment to the ESM
Spending at the Department of Social Protection was more than expected, whereas the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation continues to underspend.
# income-tax - Sunday 21 October, 2012
Budget 2013: Noonan pledges no increase in income tax rates, bands
Michael Noonan says the commitments in the programme for government – not to raise rates or bands – still apply.
# income-tax - Sunday 7 October, 2012
Here’s how much money the government would raise if income tax went up
Fine Gael and Labour have repeatedly said that income tax won’t be increased in the Budget – but they’ve still crunched the numbers on just how much it could raise.
# income-tax - Tuesday 2 October, 2012
Exchequer returns show tax take up but deficit at over €11bn
Spending at the Departments of Health and Social Protection were more than expected, according to the latest figures from the Department of Finance.
# income-tax - Friday 14 September, 2012
Revenue yields €114.62 million in settlements
The Revenue Commissioner has published the latest list of tax defaulters.
# income-tax - Tuesday 11 September, 2012
Mick Wallace: I’m keeping my €41,152 Leader’s Allowance for research
The Wexford TD said that he would be at a disadvantage compared to all of the other TDs in the Dáil if he did not accept the allowance.
# income-tax - Monday 3 September, 2012
Early release of voluntary pensions ‘could generate €1.24 billion’ – IBEC
The employers’ group says allowing people to access cash from voluntary pension funds could mean a tax windfall.
# income-tax - Saturday 25 August, 2012
Government called on to clarify Budget plans for income tax, social welfare
Michael McGrath TD says that the latest updates to Ireland’s bailout terms contradict pledges in the Programme for Government.
# income-tax - Thursday 9 August, 2012
Highest earners paid more tax in 2010
The additional tax payments by high earners yielded an extra €80 million for Revenue in 2010.
# income-tax - Thursday 2 August, 2012
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Latest figures show government’s tax income ahead of target
The Exchequer Returns for the end of July show the tax take is 2.5 per cent ahead of target, and 9 per cent up on last year.
# income-tax - Monday 30 July, 2012
New rules allow workers to pay tax online by credit card
A legal tweak means people using Revenue’s online services can pay income tax by VISA or MasterCard for the first time.
# income-tax - Monday 23 July, 2012
Burton questions ‘loyalty to the State’ of tax exiles
Speaking a the MacGill summer school, Joan Burton says taxes are high enough – but there are too many loopholes to avoid them.
# income-tax - Wednesday 18 July, 2012
Child benefit, medical cards and dole payments: IMF’s hitlist for next Budget
An IMF review says “expensive universal supports” like child benefit may need to be reformed to be better targeted.
# income-tax - Monday 9 July, 2012
Column: Reasons for making childcare tax-deductible are solid…
…So why is the Department of Finance dragging its heels on figuring out that this policy would be cash-positive for the State, asks independent TD Stephen Donnelly.
# income-tax - Monday 2 July, 2012
Budget 2013: The speculation so far
Lots of speculation but no firm indication of what lies ahead this December. We round up what measures have been in the news and speculated on so far.
# income-tax - Tuesday 26 June, 2012
Fine Gael HQ assures TDs: No decisions made about Budget 2013 yet
A message from party headquarters also says speculating about Budget measures benefits nobody (except the media).
Poll: Should income tax be protected in the Budget?
There has been speculation that the Government could seek to raise more money from income tax in December. So what do you think?
Taoiseach: Programme for Government pledges stand
However, Enda Kenny wouldn’t discuss what might be on or off the table for Budget 2013.
# income-tax - Monday 25 June, 2012
Budget 2013: Minister refuses to rule out income tax increases and welfare cuts
Pat Rabbitte insists the govt hasn’t “engaged” yet on the budget, but he personally wants to sit down for talks “without any red lines”.
# income-tax - Friday 15 June, 2012
11 things to know about the IMF’s latest Irish review
The latest IMF update on Ireland’s financial health, summarised into handy bitesized chunks.
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