The mention of a Fiscal Union is in line with the EU Commission’s 2019 tax harmonisation proposal to scrap the member state veto on direct taxation matters, especially corporation tax. Here is why.
Contemptuous of cheddar, but jealous of Irish rain: a new study by Bord Bia’s French counterpart assesses the performance of Ireland among the world’s top dairy exporters and holds some lessons for the industry here.
Intangible assets make up enormous amounts of the value generated by most companies. Yet, we barely know how to value them and we don’t know what might happen if they suddenly lose their value. Could Ireland’s intangible boom bust?
To really become a global hub, we need a new pre-fabricated, modular off-shore port system connected by bridge added to coastal towns around the island to facilitate short range electric, autonomous ferry services.
Irish banks should embrace the trend toward higher degree of automation in management of clients' services and accounts, opening up the sector to fintech solutions rather than waiting for them to eat the banks' lunch.
Banks are different. They are structurally vulnerable to crisis. We can’t know when or where the next banking crisis will occur, but we do know that with their current structure there will be one.
After almost a quarter of a millennium broadly tied to gold, the money of the world was cut free in 1971. Over five columns, John Looby examined the impact of that decision on the world of finance. Here is the combined series.
As the rest of us were lashing back the Prosecco on New Years’ Eve, Google announced it was stopping its use of the infamous ‘double Irish’ tax structure. Google knows that change is coming because sentiment is changing.
In November and December, Stephen Kinsella published a 6-part series entitled: Where are is going? Combined, it stretches to more than 12,000 words and contains more than 30 graphs and data sets. Today, we have combined it into one document.
Just like appreciating the negative impact of limp handshakes and folded arms, understanding the value of time, when people have so little of it, is crucial to creating rock-solid relationships. Personally, I find lateness completely unacceptable.
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