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.
There are several very straightforward ways in which company owners can fully exploit the post-tax value of their asset. However, they must be carefully planned and executed to make use of the available tax structures.
The €100bn-valued medical devices multinational is shutting down the central Dublin office where its global HQ was registered for the past decade.
In pretending to discover the unintended consequences of the residential zoned land tax on farmers, the Government has found a reason to push back its collection. The same issues were raised – and resolved – over six years ago.
Capital acquisitions tax has emerged as a political issue for the first time since the financial crisis. Forvis Mazars tax partner Alan Murray examines the factors in budget decisions on inheritance tax.
Liechtenstein has long been home to the financial secrets of the rich and powerful. So, what happened when the Irish tax authority sought to levy capital acquisitions tax on a €53 million foundation incorporated in the principality?
The multinational chipmaker had a bumper year in 2023, contributing increasing amounts of corporation tax despite multi-billion-dollar intellectual property offsets.
Changes in tax law on both sides of the Atlantic have seen the Irish subsidiaries of multinationals pay more to access American intellectual property. But from the US side, a lot of this revenue is unaccounted for.
The value of share buybacks topped €4.1 billion in 2023. New documents state that the introduction of stamp duty on share buybacks could increase the annual tax take by €41 million. Will it happen?
In a month when only two multinationals pay significant tax bills, the surge in their contributions accounted for the entire Exchequer surplus recorded so far this year. The budget is only around the corner.
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