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Ireland remains central to a rotten system that deprives some of the poorest countries in the world of much needed tax revenue

Ireland spends less on education per student compared to average across developed countries

Not for the first time Apple has sent Ireland’s tax figures stratospheric and the Department of Finance running for cover

Female labour force participation has risen steadily from below 50% at the turn of the century to over 60% now, but remains low by international standards

Insurer has five-year deferral on new corporate tax rate as it has no international activity

Business tax receipts have tended to exceed even the most optimistic projections and there are reasons to suspect receipts will go up again, even from this high point

Sunak’s Rwanda immigration plan, the election of Donald Trump in the US and a stagnating euro zone economy could all be big problems for us

Pay decision will come as relief to UK businesses after period of rapid increases

US president has indicated a desire to see the US minimum rate increased from 15% to 21%, as part of a revenue-raising package to soak big companies

G20 finance ministers to discuss how to save reforms to way multinationals are taxed where they do business

Organisation says external factors helping push inflation lower are dissipating

OECD estimates ‘investment hubs’ could see corporate tax revenues rising by up to 34% from new tax rate of at least 15% on multinational profits

After years of OECD talks, ‘critical mass’ of nations to apply at least 15% rate from January

An increasingly mature multinational sector, our reliance on a few big companies and changes in global tax rules will all affect future tax revenues

Biggest concern for the year ahead appears to centre on whether ECB has gone too far with rate rises

A feature likely to continue is countries and economic blocs outbidding one another with large subsidies for investments in areas like chip manufacturing and renewable energy

Gutenberg’s printing press transformed the world and those who were better educated to begin with enjoyed the greatest benefits; AI’s transformative power is far greater

Remarks were made in response to new figures showing State’s unusually high level of tax revenues

The old story of the Republic’s two-tier economy is alive and well

Top-ranking countries include Slovenia and Poland, those at the bottom include UK and France

Results from OECD-run tests are encouraging for Ireland, but Asian countries are streaking ahead in maths and science

Irish 15-year-olds perform above average in maths and science, but Ireland has fewer high-achieving students in those subjects, according to tests run by OECD

OECD’s latest assessment says the slowdown in global demand has triggered marked reductions in export volumes

First proposed in 2006, auto-enrolment of workers is slated to start in the second half of next year, after years of delays and false dawns

OECD report compares key indicators for people’s health and their health systems across the 38 member countries

Irish health spending is high as a proportion of national income, Dr Douglas Sutherland tells conference

Ireland and Netherlands saw largest amount of profit shifting worth more than $140bn for each in 2019, report by EU Tax Observatory says

OECD statistics indicate Ireland has very low participation rates for mothers, particularly for those from a low educational background

Companies will be liable to pay a new top-up tax from next year

Earlier this year, the US won an extension of a pledge from other jurisdictions to refrain from new DSTs

New measure is not in Ireland’s interest and State not in favour of any corporate tax change over and above agreed 15% OECD rate, says Varadkar

Consigning children to poverty is morally and politically wrong. But it makes no fiscal sense either

Our history as an underperforming economy means putting the brakes on is not in our psyche. But full employment makes achieving our goals difficult

Any Other Business: Also, Denis O’Brien winds down foundation, Dublin Lord Mayor hosts UPMC at Mansion House, Lorraine Higgins opens Brussels office, Kate Fullen joins Yonder and CRO uses AI to scan company documents

Paris-based agency downgrades growth forecast for 2024, suggesting tighter financial conditions will curb demand

Party claims without jobs it helped create, there would be ‘no opportunity’ in Ireland for people coming out of college

Housing, equality agenda and equal pay among its top priorities

Ireland is ‘significant outlier’ on the taxation of foreign dividends. Department of Finance said

The Republic is among 137 jurisdictions that have agreed a 15% corporate tax rate for larger multinationals

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