When directors abuse the trust placed in them, the fallout can be devastating—not just for creditors, employees, or the taxman, but for the public at large.
US firms show no sign of retreating from Ireland as Washington makes the temporary tax advantages introduced by Trump in 2017 permanent. Corporation tax is now set for another record year.
Rather than a decoupling from the fortunes of US multinationals, the volatility reported by the Exchequer last month shows Ireland is more exposed to them than ever.
The Windsor Framework has granted Northern Ireland unique access to the UK and EU goods markets. But with businesses yet to feel the benefit, Chartered Accountants Ireland call for lower corporation tax to complement dual-market access.
Even under Trump, US multinationals show little sign of retreating from global markets — thanks to incentives, political clout, and economic reality.
The Canadian company successfully pushed back on two broad data requests by Canada’s tax agency. The application of GDPR to the data held by its Irish base factored into the argument.
Ireland owes much of its economic revival to the attraction of overseas investment. Our new London-based contributor Byron Fry argues that it must go about protecting it at a time of geopolitical unrest with credible neutrality.
Revenue Commissioners have recovered €3.7m from nearly 90 investors in a Polish property investment scheme structured through offshore vehicles. With dozens of cases still active, the investigation marks one of the largest offshore tax enforcement actions in recent years.
A sophisticated offshore scheme used by hundreds of wealthy Irish investors has finally unravelled—15 years, €60m, and multiple court battles later.
The cloud technology firm, now part of the Broadcom group, has moved intellectual property rights – and taxable income – from Ireland to the US.
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