The justice portfolio, VAT rates, the proposed department of infrastructure and savings account for newborns are among potential pinch points in negotiations
Crises see revenues grow 10% in markets outside the US but forex and differing regulatory regimes hold back underlying profit
VAT in the hospitality sector became an election issue but there is a wider debate about the fairness of how it is applied
Plus: no sign of the next laureate for fiction; the less-than-diverse membership of Aosdána; and Niall Blaney’s poor attendance record
When Labour is preaching prudence, you know we’ve got a problem
Corporation tax revenues more than double in four years since 2019
Owner of Inchydoney Island Lodge says prices across hospitality industry up by 10% since last year
Fine Gael’s volte face may be bad economics but is it good politics?
Changing Times Brewery is based in Glasnevin, along the banks of the Royal Canal, and is hoping to grow next year
When we push independent cafes and restaurants to breaking point, we risk the McDonaldisation of the Irish hospitality sector
Increases to national insurance and minimum wage to boost employers’ bills
Parties will make a raft of pledges during the election campaign - but voters would be wise to be sceptical about their delivery
Deadline looming not just for 2023 tax bill but also for payment of preliminary tax for the current year
From VAT increases and Covid closures to rising labour costs, business owners talk about sleepless nights over the uncertainty of working in the industry
Restaurateurs and publicans warn of mass closures unless Government reverses VAT increase
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
VAT on heat pumps, the non-contributory pension and savings, and bonus child benefit payments exercise readers
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
Industry lobbyists have widely criticised Peter Burke’s failure to secure the tax cut
The final cost of living package will now come in at just shy of €2 billion, well in excess of the €1.5bn expected
USC cut to 3%; extra credits for renters; 10,000 new social homes to built and free public transport for under-9s
Budget 2025: ‘Minor supports’ for pubs ‘nearly useless,’ says vintners’ lobby
Extension of the Help to Buy scheme to 2029, and extra tax on vulture funds expected
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
Charlie Chawke says the 13.5 per cent Vat rate is a ‘killer’ for hospitality businesses
Number of businesses folding in hospitality sector up 61% on last year with 108 so far in 2024, new figures show
Shop owners say rising costs, increased crime and antisocial behaviour threaten livelihoods
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
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
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?
Minister talks down prospects of return to lower 9% VAT rate as Dylan McGrath closes two restaurants
Close to €20 billion a year needed if we are to build 50,000 homes annually, officials told Jack Chambers on his appointment
Inheritance tax changes, congestion charges, indexing the income tax system and hospitality’s pursuit of the 9 per cent VAT rate
Move would apply to any online retailer shipping to EU customers directly from outside the bloc
Big Four accounting firm also wants standard VAT rate cut to 21% and higher rate income tax threshold raised to €50,000
Insolvencies more than double in first three months of 2024
What measures has the Government introduced or promised and how have they been received?
Employment in the sector overall grew by more than 80 per cent between the first quarter of 2012 and the end of last year
Call for State supports to businesses to be targeted as many seem unable to ‘wean themselves off’ wide range of help
Latest exchequer returns show the Government collected €20.1 billion in tax revenue up to the end of March
Increased minimum wage, VAT and social insurance hitting hospitality industry, according to sector
Judge says Brian Murphy, an accountant, engaged in criminal behaviour ‘for his own gain’ and ‘should have known better’
Report by the Parliamentary Budget Office examines scale of such levies paid by Irish households.
Latest exchequer returns show State finances boosted by receipts from sales tax, but what is driving that?
Latest exchequer returns boosted by strong labour market and good Christmas sales
The domicile levy was meant to be a net to catch the super-wealthy, but hasn’t quite worked
Vision 2030 envisages 350,000 people employed in sector with exchequer revenue increasing to €2.3bn
The 9% rate is due to revert to 13.5% on Friday
Group revenues climbed 29% in the first half of the year with like-for-like Revpar up 23% amid improved occupancy rates
VAT rate for tourism and hospitality sectors is due to revert to pre-pandemic level of 13.5% next month
Inside Business podcast with Ciarán Hancock
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
Stability Programme Update expected to indicate corporation tax receipts for year will exceed 2022′s €22.6bn
‘No economic case’ for extending lower VAT rate, Minister for Finance told
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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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