VAT cuts for restaurants were a bad idea last month. Why are they a good idea now?
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Dublin brewery backed by key publicans launches with two beers
Changing Times Brewery is based in Glasnevin, along the banks of the Royal Canal, and is hoping to grow next year
I stepped back from the restaurant business two years ago. Here’s why 600 other closures have followed
When we push independent cafes and restaurants to breaking point, we risk the McDonaldisation of the Irish hospitality sector
North’s businesses face higher costs post British budget
Increases to national insurance and minimum wage to boost employers’ bills
What will the election tax promises mean for your pocket?
Parties will make a raft of pledges during the election campaign - but voters would be wise to be sceptical about their delivery
Personal tax filing deadline is looming: here’s what you need to know
Deadline looming not just for 2023 tax bill but also for payment of preliminary tax for the current year
‘This will be the first year in 58 we’ve never managed to turn a profit’: Irish hospitality sector at breaking point
From VAT increases and Covid closures to rising labour costs, business owners talk about sleepless nights over the uncertainty of working in the industry
‘You will have to go to the Costa del Sol to see an Irish pub’: hospitality protesters descend on Dáil
Restaurateurs and publicans warn of mass closures unless Government reverses VAT increase
‘We are like farmers going into winter without fodder’ - restaurants to protest over increased costs
The hospitality sector will take to the streets on Tuesday over what they say is the Government’s failure to deal with the increased costs that is shuttering restaurants
Higher inheritance tax threshold will not apply just because you have yet to get inheritance
VAT on heat pumps, the non-contributory pension and savings, and bonus child benefit payments exercise readers
Budget 2025: Opposition calls for election as Coalition defends budget ‘bonanza’ in face of fierce criticism
Labour says budget was ‘all glitter and full of shiny gimmicks’; Minister for Justice Helen McEntee has said she ‘wants to see a full restoration’ of barristers fees
Minister defends ‘fighting’ for hospitality VAT reduction in Budget 2025
Industry lobbyists have widely criticised Peter Burke’s failure to secure the tax cut
Budget 2025: Double child benefit payment; petrol and diesel prices to increase; series of personal tax cuts
The final cost of living package will now come in at just shy of €2 billion, well in excess of the €1.5bn expected
Budget 2025 main points: Energy credits, bonus welfare payments, higher minimum wage and tax changes
USC cut to 3%; extra credits for renters; 10,000 new social homes to built and free public transport for under-9s
Hospitality sector ‘gravely disappointed’ with budget measures
Budget 2025: ‘Minor supports’ for pubs ‘nearly useless,’ says vintners’ lobby
Budget 2025: Two double child benefit payments expected in near €2bn cost-of-living package
Extension of the Help to Buy scheme to 2029, and extra tax on vulture funds expected
Budget 2025: Tax cut, mortgage interest relief and other measures in Coalition’s final roll of the dice
USC, inheritance tax, childcare, child benefit, social welfare, college fees, VAT rate: How the budget will affect parents, students, renters, mortgage holders, farmers, pensioners and carers
Rising costs hit profits at three of Charlie Chawke’s pubs including Ireland’s most expensive bar
Charlie Chawke says the 13.5 per cent Vat rate is a ‘killer’ for hospitality businesses
Corporate insolvencies set to hit highest level since 2017, Deloitte forecasts
Number of businesses folding in hospitality sector up 61% on last year with 108 so far in 2024, new figures show
Retail group calls for share of Apple funds
Shop owners say rising costs, increased crime and antisocial behaviour threaten livelihoods
Taxi drivers worried they may owe VAT on commissions paid to Uber
Unlike other taxi-booking apps, Uber does not collect tax from drivers and pay it to Revenue, leaving drivers wondering if they will be pursued by taxman
Hospitality sector urges Government response to ‘severe challenges’ amid gloomy outlook
Food sales have fallen by about 9% on average this year, and are expected to drop by as much as 12% over the rest of the year, according to lobbies
Should the increase to the minimum wage go ahead?
The Government is committed to introducing a national living wage by January 2026, beginning with an 80 cent increase to the minimum wage next year. But as businesses struggle with higher operating costs, should the increases go ahead?
VAT cut in budget could limit scope for lower personal taxes, says Donohoe
Minister talks down prospects of return to lower 9% VAT rate as Dylan McGrath closes two restaurants
Private money essential to secure supply of new homes, Department tells Minister for Finance
Close to €20 billion a year needed if we are to build 50,000 homes annually, officials told Jack Chambers on his appointment
Tax strategy papers: the highlights
Inheritance tax changes, congestion charges, indexing the income tax system and hospitality’s pursuit of the 9 per cent VAT rate
Temu and Shein retail sites could be hit with EU import charges
Move would apply to any online retailer shipping to EU customers directly from outside the bloc
Increase capital gains tax relief for company owners in Budget 2025, says Deloitte
Big Four accounting firm also wants standard VAT rate cut to 21% and higher rate income tax threshold raised to €50,000
Most restaurants say VAT hike biggest threat to sector as insolvencies rise
Insolvencies more than double in first three months of 2024
The Government’s small business package unpacked: What is in it and why is it coming now?
What measures has the Government introduced or promised and how have they been received?
More than 200 restaurants and cafes have shut this year, RAI report finds
Employment in the sector overall grew by more than 80 per cent between the first quarter of 2012 and the end of last year
Delay in changing sick pay law cannot be justified, union says
Call for State supports to businesses to be targeted as many seem unable to ‘wean themselves off’ wide range of help
Corporate tax over-performance ‘coming to an end’ as receipts fall, McGrath warns
Latest exchequer returns show the Government collected €20.1 billion in tax revenue up to the end of March
Almost 1,600 restaurant job losses put down to Government measures
Increased minimum wage, VAT and social insurance hitting hospitality industry, according to sector
Cork company director gets suspended sentence and €10,000 fine for tax offences
Judge says Brian Murphy, an accountant, engaged in criminal behaviour ‘for his own gain’ and ‘should have known better’
Poorer households hit harder by indirect taxes such as VAT, report finds
Report by the Parliamentary Budget Office examines scale of such levies paid by Irish households.
Buoyant VAT receipts not necessarily a sign of economic health
Latest exchequer returns show State finances boosted by receipts from sales tax, but what is driving that?
State collected €7.8bn in tax in January amid strong VAT receipts
Latest exchequer returns boosted by strong labour market and good Christmas sales
Ireland’s richest are seldom mentioned when it comes time to balance the books
The domicile levy was meant to be a net to catch the super-wealthy, but hasn’t quite worked
Tourism industry unveils plans to grow sector by 50% by the end of the decade
Vision 2030 envisages 350,000 people employed in sector with exchequer revenue increasing to €2.3bn
Increased VAT rate ‘nail in the coffin’ for small businesses, says restaurants’ group
The 9% rate is due to revert to 13.5% on Friday
Hotel group Dalata prepares for hospitality VAT rate of 13.5%
Group revenues climbed 29% in the first half of the year with like-for-like Revpar up 23% amid improved occupancy rates
Ibec calls for extension of 9% hospitality VAT rate as expiry date looms
VAT rate for tourism and hospitality sectors is due to revert to pre-pandemic level of 13.5% next month
Will ending the 9% VAT rate spell disaster for the hospitality sector?
Inside Business podcast with Ciarán Hancock
Justine McCarthy: Reforming our garbled VAT system would be a good start in the fight against climate change
Go to a garden centre and you will pay the same 13.5 per cent tax for a packet of environment-enhancing wildflower seeds as for a bag of peat compost, which strips bogs of their sequestered carbon
Over €8 billion in budgetary surplus likely to be forecast for State
Stability Programme Update expected to indicate corporation tax receipts for year will exceed 2022′s €22.6bn
Government ignored officials’ calls in extending 9% hospitality VAT rate
‘No economic case’ for extending lower VAT rate, Minister for Finance told
Households will save only €10 a month from VAT cuts on utility bills
VAT reduction on gas and electricity bills was part of Government’s €1.2bn cost of living package
VAT receipts deliver €4bn exchequer boost on back of higher inflation
Data for first two months shows VAT has generated €700m more than at same point last year
Justine McCarthy: Many hotels and restaurants are thriving at our expense
Decision to keep VAT rate for hospitality sector at 9% shows handouts go not to those in most need
Cost-of-living package: Civil society groups welcome it but say once-off measures not enough
Business bodies broadly positive about extra supports and extension of 9% VAT for bars, restaurants and hotels
Temporary cost-of-living tax cuts to be phased out over the year - Taoiseach
Fine Gael leader Leo Varadkar said it was ‘always’ the case that cuts to VAT for hospitality and excise would be temporary
Sturgeon’s departure a reminder of ‘brutality’ of political life
Inside Politics: Leader of Scottish National Party had faced criticisms, but says she is stepping down because she no longer has the stamina
Diners ‘will have to pay more’ if 9% VAT rate scrapped, restaurant owners warn
Restaurateurs warn of closures and job losses as energy, labour and ingredient costs continue to escalate
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