Growing revenue and costs left the software multinational’s taxable profit largely unchanged in Ireland, where the amortisation of intellectual property dictates much of its financial performance.
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There is a wide range of measures the Government could introduce to help small business grappling with state-imposed costs. Simple but imaginative initiatives could make all the difference.
PwC’s head of tax Paraic Burke believes a small number of tweaks in the upcoming budget could have a big impact for domestic businesses. He talks tax breaks, FDI, and the tax policies of US election candidates.
Land sold to develop housing is eligible for stamp duty relief. A transaction involving a right of way on a residential site raised unexpected questions between its developer and Revenue.
Ireland has spent the last 10 years fighting Europe on Apple while simultaneously rehabbing its reputation and helping rewrite global tax rules. It was a high-stakes approach, but one that has paid off handsomely.
The multinational has warned shareholders of a tax hit from today’s EU court decision against Ireland, but nowhere near the €13 billion set aside in an escrow account. US tax is coming into play.
Ten years on from the start of a formal investigation into Apple’s Irish tax affairs, the European Commission has won its case. Its meaning extends far beyond the collection of back taxes.
Payments delayed by changes to the tech giant’s subsidiary structure earlier in the year have now landed in state coffers, boosting the Exchequer surplus as the Government makes key pre-election budgetary decisions.
The first publication by the budgetary watchdog after UCC’s Seamus Coffey returned to head it up is a vibrant plea to resurrect the 5 per cent spending rule in the next budget.
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