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# Corporation Tax

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# EU Probe
Multinational companies are not here just for tax breaks — Burton
Minister Joan Burton said that while Ireland’s tax rates are favourable, the companies still employ large numbers of people.
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Sep 12th 2013, 3:30 PM
# Exchequer Returns
Exchequer returns: VAT receipts nearly €250 million behind target
But the deficit for the first eight months of this year was over €4 billion less than it was in the first eight months of 2012.
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Sep 3rd 2013, 6:07 PM
# Tax compliance
Vodafone paid British Government over €1 billion Irish subsidiary
A Leopardstown-registered subsidiary of the British telecoms giant had a turnover of €380 million a year, but did not employ a single person between 2002 and 2007.
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Aug 19th 2013, 1:55 PM
# Border poll
Pearse Doherty: We'd have a better economy in a United Ireland
The Sinn Féin TD says that many of the arguments against uniting North and south are based on misinformation and argues that a border poll needs to happen before the end of the decade.
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Jun 29th 2013, 7:45 AM
Designers Dolce & Gabbana get 20 months' jail for tax evasion
Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana have appealed, and the sentence will be suspended in the meantime.
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Jun 19th 2013, 6:00 PM
# Talking tax
Taoiseach: I didn't raise US senate claim that Ireland is a tax haven with Obama
Enda Kenny met with Barack Obama at the G8 summit in Lough Erne this week but did not raise recent US Senate committee claims about Ireland being a tax haven for Apple.
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Jun 18th 2013, 9:30 PM
# Talking tax
US committee wants to impose US tax on Google and Apple's Irish income
A Congressional committee has been told that a ‘carrot and stick’ approach is favoured among politicians and US businesses.
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Jun 13th 2013, 3:56 PM
# Exchequer Returns
State's income for three of the 'big four' taxes is less than expected
Income tax, VAT and excise duties are lower than had been forecast – but corporation tax is well ahead of expectations.
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Jun 5th 2013, 5:56 PM
# 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.
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May 31st 2013, 5:01 PM
# need to know
The Evening Fix: Now with the happiest eater ever
Here are the things we learned, loved and shared today.
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May 23rd 2013, 7:00 PM
# 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.
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May 23rd 2013, 4:36 PM
# 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.
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May 22nd 2013, 6:55 PM
# 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.
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May 22nd 2013, 10:08 AM
# 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.
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May 21st 2013, 5:26 PM
# Corporation Tax
Revenue and Finance Department deny tax deal with Apple
Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore claims Ireland’s tax system is “very transparent”.
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May 21st 2013, 11:55 AM
# 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.
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Apr 3rd 2013, 5:43 PM
# 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.
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Mar 20th 2013, 1:54 PM
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.
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Mar 20th 2013, 7:00 AM
# 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.
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Mar 4th 2013, 5:09 PM
# 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.
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Feb 4th 2013, 5:05 PM
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.
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Jan 17th 2013, 7:00 AM
# 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.
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Dec 23rd 2012, 8:00 AM
# Budget 2013
VIDEO: A quick synopsis of tax measures in Budget 2013
The implications for Irish-based businesses explained.
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Dec 6th 2012, 10:54 AM
# 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.
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Dec 5th 2012, 8:48 PM
# 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.
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Dec 4th 2012, 4:56 PM
# 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.
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Dec 3rd 2012, 2:35 PM
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Good morning! Here’s the nine things you need to know as you kick off your week.
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Dec 3rd 2012, 8:30 AM
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?
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Nov 15th 2012, 7:00 AM
# 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.
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Nov 2nd 2012, 6:26 PM
# 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’.
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Oct 13th 2012, 4:22 PM
# 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
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Oct 11th 2012, 12:45 PM
# 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.
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Oct 2nd 2012, 5:55 PM
# 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.
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Sep 21st 2012, 9:03 AM
# 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.
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Aug 2nd 2012, 5:04 PM
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.
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Jun 15th 2012, 7:30 PM
# 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.
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Jun 5th 2012, 5:17 PM
# 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.
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May 23rd 2012, 5:17 PM
# 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.
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Apr 3rd 2012, 5:02 PM
# 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.
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Mar 21st 2012, 3:12 PM
# 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.
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Mar 7th 2012, 9:14 AM
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