Government’s tax take surges to €10bn in January
Apple tax money and Christmas VAT receipts boost public finances
Apple tax money and Christmas VAT receipts boost public finances
Tech giant’s international operation in Cork believed to be largest taxpayer in Republic
The corporate tax windfall will pay for massive investment in national infrastructure, but what happens if the tide turns? That is the dilemma for those negotiating a new government programme
Following a record tax take in 2024, Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael look set to double down on their bets that taxes will continue to flow in
Total corporation tax receipts soared 64% to €39.1bn in 2024
Year ahead promises no shortage of intrigue and challenge for the political classes as they look to digest a new reality brought about by the year of elections
Mayor John Moran wanted more than half the €14 billion windfall to be spent in Munster
A negative cost/price dynamic is alienating consumers and pushing many businesses to the brink
If the 2024 election result marked stability, safety and conservatism, the biggest gig of the year underscored that same middle-brow innocuousness
Talking points for Michael Lohan show investment agency’s strategy after tax judgment
Inside Business podcast with Ciarán Hancock
Clear difference between outgoing Coalition and the parties on the left over how to use the money to address the housing crisis
Economy commissioner says US tariffs on EU exports would be ‘extremely harmful’ to both
Latest exchequer returns data from Department of Finance show the Government collected €3.5bn in corporate tax receipts in October
Shares fall 1.8% in after-hours trading as one-time payment reduced quarterly profit by 36% to $14.7bn
A Trump victory in the US presidential election would constitute a seismic shift in our overall international strategy
Minister for Finance ‘not aware’ of any further claims being made on Apple back taxes by others
Richard Boyd-Barrett says the money should be spent on building social housing
Extra €2,000-€3,000 placed by the budget in the pockets of middle-income families is a good way to kickstart three weeks of campaigning
The lessons– both positive and negative – that have been gleaned while delivering past projects must be learned
Budget 2025: Will it alter our shaky trajectory on housing? Will it end emergency department overcrowding in hospitals?
Budget 2025: €3bn raised this year from the sale of AIB shares earmarked for infrastructure and development
Seen and Heard: ‘It’s my prerogative’ to call election, Taoiseach tells Sunday Times; McKillen jnr moves to LA; companies eye penalties for stay-at-home workers
What may have seemed a pragmatic way of simplifying tax assessment for Apple in the early days was leveraged into a huge tax-avoidance scheme
Rite & Reason: Profitable firms with substantial income should make a contribution to society rather than pursue various schemes and methods to avoid such contributions
Less than a quarter of respondents to poll said they wanted the Government to prioritise increased spending on public services
Minister for Housing Darragh O’Brien is understood to be targeting expanded funding for the Land Development Agency to build 20,000 homes by 2030
‘Help with the cost of living’ is what half of all respondents to Irish Times Poll want to see in the budget, more than twice the 24% who opt for increased spending on public services
EU General Court’s decision unlikely to be end of the matter
The €13bn tax case, while unwelcome, always related to times long past with no real impact for any of the players going forward
Inside Business podcast with Ciarán Hancock
Simon Harris says Michael McGrath’s appointment to EU’s justice portfolio is a ‘vote of confidence’ by Von der Leyen
Shop owners say rising costs, increased crime and antisocial behaviour threaten livelihoods
Revenue, under its own rules, did not have jurisdiction to tax the bulk of Apple’s offshore profits
Apple’s windfall cash will help fund State investment, but promises about top-class education, green energy and abundant water count for little without delivery
Fianna Fáil Minister for Finance on the challenges of putting together his first budget, which will include a €3bn injection for key infrastructure priorities
Apple case decision comes at a tricky moment for Ireland’s industrial policy, for so long pegged on tax
Better water and energy services will also be paid for out of this allocation, Minister for Finance says in interview with The Irish Times
Ireland is a country with first-world income but third-world infrastructure. We have the opportunity to rectify this. Our problem is not a lack of cash, it’s a lack of courage
Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan
Michael Lohan more concerned at State’s infrastructure shortfall amid growing international competition for foreign direct investment
The €13bn lying in an escrow fund could help give those hit by the homelessness crisis a way back into society
We were bamboozled with jargon in the hope that the resultant fog would distract from what was obvious. The comfort, it seemed, was that ‘there is no single and agreed definition of a tax haven’
Legal twists and turns over Apple case have sent periodic shockwaves across the Atlantic in recent years
Radio: RTÉ Radio 1 surely captures the public mood of irritated bewilderment that the Apple windfall should be anything other than good news
State’s immediate challenge is not money but capacity. We lack the people and infrastructure needed to match current demand
The €13 billion from the Apple case will not be available to use until March, while further €3 billion from sale of AIB shares is also available
Other countries are trying to lure multinationals away from Ireland, tech giant told the Government in June
European Union ruled computing giant must pay €13 billion to Ireland
Inside Business podcast with Ciarán Hancock
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Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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