PwC’s head of tax, Paraic Burke, warns that Budget 2026 must be more than marginal tweaks and argues that smart, targeted tax reforms could be the key to sustaining Ireland’s economic model.
The tax treatment of share options given to workers joining start-ups is a significant barrier to recruitment at a critical stage. It must be adjusted if new companies are to compete with multinationals for talent.
Brian Walsh, the CEO and co-founder of financial software firm Reitigh, speaks to The Currency about plans for international expansion, a name change, and why AI is overhyped.
Sinn Féin’s Northern Ireland Economy Minister Caoimhe Archibald discusses growth, jobs, tariffs, and tax from a cross-border perspective.
The clamour for more equal treatment from childless people only adds to the economic and social reality that allowing children to inherit €400,000 or more tax-free from their parents has no benefits.
Income taxation disincentivises employment, putting more jobs at risk of being replaced by robots – but AI also offers an opportunity to make hiring pay again.
There is a ubiquity to housing shortages across much of the Western world. Tim White, a research fellow at the London School of Economics, outlines the need for deterrence on institutional investors.
Major developers, a cinema mogul, the operator of Croke Park, and everyday farmers are among appellants seeking the removal of sites from the tax net, which came into effect earlier this year.
The timing could hardly be worse to make decisions on the fiscal space or capital commitments. The Government’s big announcements are really just holding positions.
As the threat of sweeping US tariffs looms, Irish exporters and multinationals face an uncertain path. The Government has some big decisions to make.
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