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Full coverage: Multinationals

Corporation tax showdown: 15% it is. Then comes all the rest

The Irish obsession with the 12.5% corporation tax rate has already receded into the background of crunch global talks on the taxation of multinationals. Attempts to hammer out the details of a full deal have deep ramifications here and around the world.

Thomas Hubert
6th Oct, 2021 - 4 min read

Tactics, audits, litigation: Inside Revenue’s 10-year probe into pharma and IT contractors’ tax

The Irish tax authority has forced settlements from 600 contract workers at pharma and IT giants for overstating their travel and business expenses. Drawing from documents obtained under FOI, new data and legal filings, this is the story of Revenue’s 10-year contractor probe.

Ian Kehoe
28th Sep, 2021 - 11 min read

Irish tax policy, US budget uncertainty, EU confidence and a Trojan horse

Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe, his European Commission counterpart Paolo Gentiloni and Ireland's accountancy bodies agree on one thing: the future of multinational taxation has yet to be decided in Washington. The worst-case scenario for Ireland would be to sign up to the latest OECD proposals, only to see them thwarted by partisan strife in the US.

Ian Kehoe
21st Sep, 2021 - 5 min read

France needs Ireland to support a higher tax rate – to tax French companies

Despite Emmanuel Macron’s denial, Paris is putting pressure on Dublin to accept an international minimum corporation tax rate. While the French president publicly targets "big digital groups" such as those routing profits through Ireland, this has a lot more to do with tax optimisation by French firms elsewhere.

Thomas Hubert
30th Aug, 2021 - 9 min read

Wall Street and Merrion Street beware – Elizabeth Warren is back with a corporation tax vengeance

The US Senator who lost out to Joe Biden in the Democratic presidential race has dropped a bombshell into the fraught federal budget debate: A proposed additional tax on the profits recorded by American multinationals globally, including in Ireland.

Constantin Gurdgiev
20th Aug, 2021 - 6 min read

Seven EU countries have passed laws forcing Airbnb to share landlords’ tax data. The other 20 can now go through Ireland

Analysis by The Currency reveals that the tax authorities of six EU countries have received Irish-held customer data from Airbnb. Now, a new Irish court judgement paves the way for other members states to do likewise. What happens next?

Thomas Hubert
18th Aug, 2021 - 7 min read

Intangible acrobatics: How Adobe’s $11bn IP move to Dublin will generate a $1.4bn tax benefit for tech giant

The US software multinational has just revealed how a simple intra-group balance sheet reorganisation with no gain in value allowed it to generate a $1.4bn tax benefit in Ireland.

Thomas Hubert
12th Aug, 2021 - 5 min read

The multinational tax reform portal

This Thursday evening is the moment chosen by the Irish Government to officialise its adhesion to a global pact to raise corporation tax to a floor of 15%. Since The Currency's launch in September 2019, we have been keeping track of the biggest business story connecting Ireland to the wider world. Catch up with our best coverage of the issue.

Thomas Hubert
23rd Jul, 2021 - 2 min read

Improbable, but certainly not impossible: What if the corporation tax take was about to increase?

Some columns are exercises in whataboutery. This column is an exercise in whatifery. Corporation tax receipts here are supposed to fall in the coming years. What if they rise?

Stephen Kinsella
22nd Jul, 2021 - 5 min read

Focusing on Ireland: Why Bausch + Lomb’s factory extension is worth a lot more than €90m

New investment in Waterford is good news. As tax reform looms, the multinational’s confirmed choice of Ireland as it prepares to lure investors to buy its contact lens business is even better.

Thomas Hubert
21st Jul, 2021 - 4 min read
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