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# Talking tax
Senators insists Ireland IS a tax haven, despite ambassador’s letter
Carl Levin and John McCain have dismissed the Irish ambassador’s account of Ireland’s corporate tax system.
# need to know
The Evening Fix: Now with the happiest eater ever
Here are the things we learned, loved and shared today.
# Corporation Tax
Noonan: US Senate is "misleading" the world on Ireland's tax rate
The finance minister says the supposed ’2 per cent’ tax rate wrongly implies that Apple’s global profits are all taxable here.
# Talking tax
Leaders back EU’s plan to attack ‘tax planning’ by the end of 2013
The heads of the 27 EU member states have called for ‘rapid progress’ on plans to stop companies abusing international structures.
# Your Say
Poll: Should Ireland be tougher on multi-national companies when it comes to tax?
Apple, which employs 4,000 people in Ireland, pays a tax rate of less than two per cent in Ireland.
# Tax avoidance
US Senate: Irish tax havens are leaving US children without education
Corporate giant Apple transferred 64 per cent of its income to Irish subsidiaries.
# Corporation Tax
Revenue and Finance Department deny tax deal with Apple
Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore claims Ireland’s tax system is “very transparent”.
# Exchequer Returns
Deficit stands at €3.7 billion in latest exchequer returns
Tax revenue was ahead of target by €47 million with corporation tax surpassing its target by €147 million.
# British budget
UK to slash corporation tax rate and offer tax credits for fracking
George Osborne has halved his projections for economic growth for Britain this year, and offers a new mortgage stimulus.
Voices
Column: The success or failure of the UK's economic strategy matters greatly to Ireland
The UK budget being announced today has implications for Ireland too, writes James Kilcourse, who says as well as being a crucial trading partner, the UK is Ireland’s biggest rival for attracting foreign direct investment.
# Exchequer Returns
Exchequer returns show slight fall in tax take for February
The total tax take in February 2013 was €2.042 billion – down by €186 million on the same month from last year.
# Exchequer Returns
Exchequer figures show slight fall in government income in January
A €1 billion sale of Bank of Ireland notes means Ireland recorded an Exchequer surplus for January 2013.
Voices
Column: Taxing the wealthy is an option we need to look at
High earners and corporations – should they not ‘share the burden’ with the rest of us, asks Kieran Allen.
# Explainer
How do Irish companies legally avoid paying billions in corporate tax?
It’s all to do with a happy coincide of tax laws in Ireland, the Netherlands, the United States and Bermuda.
# Budget 2013
VIDEO: A quick synopsis of tax measures in Budget 2013
The implications for Irish-based businesses explained.
# Tax
Ireland now "less attractive to business owners"
The protection of the corporation tax rate, however, is a positive step in keeping international businesses here.
# Exchequer Returns
Exchequer returns: Government's tax take 0.5 per cent below target
The Department of Finance has released the last exchequer returns before tomorrow’s Budget with income tax take for November 12 per cent below target.
# Corporate Tax
Google's Irish operation may be examined by UK tax investigation
The Revenue & Customs are to review Google’s returns over the last six years, in a case with Irish ramifications.
Voices
Column: It’s time to examine our corporate tax rate
We’re regularly told that “everything is on the table” for the Budget, writes Michael Taft. So what about corporation tax?
# Exchequer Returns
Exchequer returns show €2.9 billion deficit due, in part, to payment to the ESM
Spending at the Department of Social Protection was more than expected, whereas the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation continues to underspend.
# United Ireland?
Republic and Northern Ireland will eventually be reunited, predicts Enda Kenny
During a question and answer session in Ohio, the Taoiseach predicts Ireland will be united – ‘but not in the near future’.
# Facebook
Facebook avoided UK tax by routing £155m through Ireland in 2011
Company avoided higher UK corporation taxes, but Ireland also “taken for a ride” by multinational companies, tax expert tells TheJournal.ie
# Exchequer Returns
Exchequer returns show tax take up but deficit at over €11bn
Spending at the Departments of Health and Social Protection were more than expected, according to the latest figures from the Department of Finance.
# Tax
US Senate condemns Microsoft for 'dubious' Irish tax operations
A Senate committee memo criticises the software giant for manipulating international tax laws, including through Ireland.
# Exchequer Returns
Latest figures show government's tax income ahead of target
The Exchequer Returns for the end of July show the tax take is 2.5 per cent ahead of target, and 9 per cent up on last year.
Voices
Column: We need to be more than passengers on the Eurozone Express
Let’s think seriously about what we want from the EU – before the thinking is done for us, writes Fine Gael TD Eoghan Murphy.
# Exchequer
Tax revenues ahead of target in first five months of 2012
The Department of Finance said that the increases marked “an encouraging performance” in the first five months of the year.
# Corporation Tax
Green Party calls for corporation tax reform
The party urged the Government to close the ‘Double Irish’ loophole which it said enables companies to pay less than 12.5 per cent tax.
# Exchequer
So far...2012 tax take ahead of target
Tax revenues of €8.72 billion are over 10 per cent ahead of end-March profiles with increases in income, corporation and VAT intakes.
# United Kingdom
Osborne cuts corporate tax, creates credits for video game industry
Chancellor George Osborne has also raised the thresholds for income tax and child benefit, as well as hiking excise on cigarettes.
# FDI
Foreign investors foresee 20,000 new jobs in next three years
A study published by the Economist Intelligence Unit suggests multinationals will invest another $7.5 billion here by 2015.
# Going going...
World's biggest advertising company to move HQ from Dublin to London
WPP, which announced record profits of €1.2 billion today, confirmed that it plans to leave Dublin as soon as new tax rules are passed in Westminster.
# EU Treaty
Micheál Martin calls for clarification on EU treaty
The Fianna Fáil leader has written to the Taoiseach seeking answers to six questions about the wording of the fiscal compact.
# Daily Fix
The Daily Fix: Saturday
In tonight’s Fix: Abusive emails, alcohol tests and a triple limb transplant…
# Corporation Tax
France and Germany in new plan to harmonise corporation tax - reports
Ireland looks likely to come under heavy pressure over our corporate tax rate, after details emerged of a new set of proposals from the EU power-brokers.
# Exchequer
Government's 2011 tax income misses Budget target by 2.5 per cent
New data published by the Department of Finance show that income tax, VAT and corporation tax were all lower than expected.
# Review 2011
Recessions, downgrades and Super Mario - 2011: the year in money
2011 may be remembered in future as the year we sorted out the financial crisis – or the year in which it grew beyond our control.
# Eurozone
DUP MPs warn that EU deal may hit Ireland's corporation tax
Ian Paisley Jr and Nigel Dodds tell the House of Commons that Ireland will face further pressure to raise the 12.5 per cent rate.
# Eurozone
Martin: EU deal leaves Ireland vulnerable on corporation tax
The Fianna Fáil leader told TheJournal.ie that Ireland will have less influence under the new agreement.