Full coverage: Tax

One of the world’s leading manufacturers of electronic components has just invested another $1.5 billion in its Irish subsidiary and reported tax benefits dwarfing its actual profits for the second straight year. Could the two be related?

The Revenue Commissioners are examining a number of cases where partners in law firms have lowered their income tax bills by sheltering profits in service companies. How does it work? And what happens next?

While exploring the tech industry for the Mapping Multinationals series, Thomas Hubert had to adjust from the real world to understand the sheer volume of financial flows he was looking at. His reporting highlights the need for increased corporate transparency requirements.

Yesreb, a Cypriot registered firm linked to Sean Dunne that once owned Walford, has issued High Court proceedings against the Irish tax authority over a €1.4m tax dispute.

Northern Ireland man Martin Shields was at the centre of what has been described as the “biggest tax theft in the history of Europe.” He offered full cooperation during his prosecution, which last week came to an end.

In the final part of our series, our interactive map shows where in the country the world’s top technology firms have anchored billions in revenue and profit, along with 43,000 jobs.

Amid heightened international agitation by foreign governments over the global tax code, our Mapping Multinationals series showed just how crucial Ireland is to the global operations of many global titans – and how crucial their success is to us. But have we gone too far?

What are the corporate cut-outs used by rogue businesses to launder green diesel? Drawing from official documents and real-life cases, we describe the operation and the finances of the diesel laundering industry.

Irish banks are wasting away, along with the rest of the European banking industry. ECB regulation is a big part of the problem. When banks can't make money from lending, that's bad for shareholders, the economy, and eventually the taxpayer.

Mapping Multinationals: Exit the double Irish, enter the green jersey. Following into the footsteps of Apple, US-based tech multinationals incentivised by shifting tax rules have been accelerating onshorings of intangible assets here.