Ireland can afford to spend more today. The harder question is whether it will retain enough firepower for the next downturn.
We already know much of what will be in the budget. What won’t be, however, is a delayed reform of Ireland’s tax regime for corporate debt interest.
The public is paying more tax, the state is spending more money and businesses are increasingly frustrated. Budget 2027 should be about broadening the tax base and lowering rates.
PwC tax policy lead Peter Reilly argues that Ireland needs to use its record corporation tax receipts to invest in the infrastructure, innovation, and tax reforms needed to compete for the next generation of investment.
Sir John Griffin, founder of UK private car service Addison Lee, tried to argue he was domiciled in Ireland for UK tax purposes. A tribunal judgment handed down this week did not find in his favour.
W&R Barnett is one of the largest privately held agribusinesses in the UK and Ireland – and the first to avail of an exemption from new EU financial transparency obligations.
The Department of Finance appears to have been influenced by both Sweden's ISK and the UK’s ISA in developing Ireland's new tax-incentivised accounts. But all of the critical information required to determine their worthiness remains under wraps – for now.
Appeals against the residential-zoned land tax were also filed in recent weeks by developers, State bodies, and farmers. Many cases illustrate the lack of infrastructure to service new housing developments.
Officials have advised against ambitious eWHT proposals that would have included platforms like Airbnb and Uber deducting tax from payments to hosts and drivers.
The Government is betting that Revenue’s debt-collection prowess will fix a toothless derelict site levy, with a €32m debt outstanding. But the new plan ignores a fatal flaw at the local level in the current system.
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