Dáil budgetary committee seeks more targeted measures to combat inflation
Oireachtas committee says any actions taken should focus on lower income, rural and older households
Hold off on filling your car, emergency excise duty cut is coming
Inside Politics: Extra measures needed to offset cost of living due to war in Ukraine
State may see another surge in corporate tax from new 15% rate, says Ifac
Irish Fiscal Advisory Council chairman casts doubt on Government’s €2 billion loss forecast
Miriam Lord: Blatherballs Bernard hits the jackpot with Lotto crusade
Calls for balls to be dropped is an entertaining distraction, but not a winning proposal
Ifac warns Government about cutting taxes while spending more
Budgetary watchdog says State needs to prioritise
Increasingly poor economic outcomes for youth ‘unsustainable’, committee hears
Stephen Kinsella says youth likely to experience higher rates of joblessness even as economy rebounds
Fiscal council says pandemic welfare supports will be needed into 2022
Council claims Covid payments halved the contraction in the domestic economy
Donohoe signals no extension of temporary VAT reduction
Measure brought in last year to boost Covid-hit retailers expires at end of February
Disorderly Brexit will result in €21 billion hit to Irish economy, Ifac warns
Budgetary watchdog says agri-food and SME sectors are most exposed
Warning comes on using ‘windfall taxes’ for day-to-day spending
Oireachtas budgetary watchdog quizzes members of Irish Fiscal Advisory Council
State risks return to dramatic public expenditure cuts - expert
Prof Kinsella will suggest the introduction of new “fiscal stress tests” in order to better prepare for a downturn
Employment rate among ‘prime-age’ workers hits record level
Share of workers aged 25-54 classified as employed rises to nearly 80%
Calls for greater scrutiny of billions lost to ‘tax expenditures’
Parliamentary Budget Office and academic calculate State losing €5bn-€15bn a year
Donohoe hits back at criticism of Government’s budgetary stance
Minister says he won’t apologise for using corporation tax to fund infrastructural investment
‘Cliff-edge Brexit’ to have far greater impact on Republic, fiscal watchdog warns
Ifac questions Government’s Brexit assumptions
Minister accused of ‘hitting the snooze button’ over carbon tax
Government not taking obligations to tackle climate change seriously, says advisory body
Tax cuts in budget will not be significant, says Donohoe
Minister denies friction with Taoiseach and says changes will be gradual and affordable
Shock to Ireland’s corporation tax base ‘inevitable’
Vital receipts from business levy are volatile and highly concentrated, says top economist
Unions seek tax relief on members’ subs
Fórsa to argue that current rules discriminate against PAYE workers
State may face €610m climate bill in 2020, says Dáil committee
Committee on Budgetary Oversight says climate change still not part of budget planning
Paschal Donohoe rules out surprise budget day rise in spending
Available fiscal space unlikely to change, Minister for Finance says
O’Leary red faced as Ryanair endures torrid week
Business Week: budget hints, tax summit, housing crisis and a raft of jobs
EU tax plan ‘is a bigger threat to Ireland than Brexit’
State could lose €4bn in taxes if corporate tax harmonisation is adopted, expert says
Builders warn against State infrastructural funding shortage
Construction Industry Federation urges Government to seek money from Europe
Business Week: State limbering up for Budget 2017
Job announcements, the Bahamas and property prices also in the news
Noonan says scrapping VAT on condoms would not lower STI rate
Minister says he does not believe abolishing VAT would affect sexual behaviour
Noonan defends move to phase out USC over next five budgets
Minister for Finance says removal of charge has broad support among parties
Colossal jump in GDP unlikely to be repeated, committee told
Fiscal advisory council members address committee on budgetary oversight
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