It is not often that the partners in any of Ireland’s largest accounting firms go toe to toe with the Revenue Commissioners in a tax dispute involving the taxation of the partnership itself. In any modern economy, such a contest must fall into the Goliath v. Goliath bracket. Such was a recent Tax Appeals Commission case. Goliath won.  What follows may appear an ageist view advanced on behalf of the appellant in the tax case. Before anyone unfurls an “experienced lives matter” banner, however, it should be borne in mind that the arguments presented on behalf of the accounting firm…

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