# Income Tax

All time

France finally gets go-ahead for tax on high incomes

French president Francois Hollande had promised the tax in his election campaign but had been stymied by France’s constitutional council.

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Dec 29th 2013, 2:34 PM

# Taxes

No decision on income tax cut until closer to the Budget - Kenny

Middle-income families stand to benefit from any tax cuts next year, but by how much won’t be clearer until closer to the October Budget.

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Dec 24th 2013, 7:00 AM

Good Morning

The 9 at 9 Good morning! Here are nine things you want to know as you start your day.

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Dec 14th 2013, 8:53 AM

# Tax

Pay-and-file tax deadline won't change next year, 2015 date could be earlier though

The Government have said it remains their plan to bring forward to date to submit tax returns but it won’t happen until 2015 at the earliest.

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Nov 20th 2013, 2:32 PM

# Tax

Government expects to collect an extra €2.3bn in tax next year

This is according to figures that give an overview of our finances before any of the budget changes are announced on Tuesday.

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Oct 12th 2013, 2:26 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 refund

Property tax evaders 'will not see a penny' of their income tax refund

Revenue has started informing taxpayers that they will not get the balance of their rebate until they file their property tax return.

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Sep 2nd 2013, 3:21 PM

# Budget 2014

Here's how much would be raised if income tax increased for earners over €100k

Michael Noonan has indicated that he won’t be considering any kind of ‘wealth tax’ in Budget 2014 – but has released figures on how much it would bring in.

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Aug 27th 2013, 9:57 PM

# Exchequer Returns

Taxman rakes in €17.6bn in last six months despite missing excise, VAT targets

The Department of Finance said the tax profile is helped by the collection of €126 million in Property Tax receipts.

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Jul 2nd 2013, 5:34 PM

# Ah here

Irish workers will pay €4 billion in Universal Social Charge this year

Ouch.

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Jun 30th 2013, 8:45 AM

# Budget 2014

Tax cuts 'unlikely' in this year's budget

There will also be no income tax increases, according to Minister of State Brian Hayes.

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Jun 23rd 2013, 7:44 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

# Tax Takes

Three of the 'big four' tax heads fell short of expectations in April

A total of €21 million in local property tax was collected during April.

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May 2nd 2013, 5:06 PM

# Public Pay

SIPTU president wants promissory note savings used to avoid public pay cuts

Jack O’Connor says using the €1 billion annual savings, and a higher tax rate on high earners, can avoid wide public strikes.

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Apr 23rd 2013, 9:13 AM

# Property Tax

Leo Varadkar: Property tax is easy to pay and hard to evade

The Minister for Transport said that people struggling to pay their bills do not automatically become exempt from income tax and the same principle should apply to the forthcoming property tax.

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Mar 8th 2013, 8:54 AM

# Taxation

Noonan: 'There's no money tree out in the back garden'

The Finance Minister said yesterday that there is no unidentified source that the government can tap for funding to help close the deficit.

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Mar 7th 2013, 6:45 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

# Net gains

Football stars avoid French plan for 75% income tax

Footballers earning over €1m, like Zlatan Ibrahimovic, would have lost a heft chunk of their weekly wage.

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Dec 30th 2012, 8:15 AM

# Sacre Bleu

French court rejects 75 per cent tax rate for millionaires

The move is a blow for French president Francois Hollande who had made the planned 75 per cent tax rate his centrepiece tax measure.

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Dec 29th 2012, 3:28 PM

# Budget 2013

Counting the pennies: where your tax money will go in 2013

The government’s going to spend €69 billion in total next year. So where does the average taxpayer’s money go?

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Dec 6th 2012, 10:03 AM

# Budget 2013

Property tax: Here's what you need to know

Michael Noonan has revealed all the details of the property tax which is to be introduced from 1 July 2013.

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Dec 5th 2012, 3:25 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

# Budget 2013

Government income for 2012 to fall short of Budget target

The first documents for Budget 2013 show the government expecting a 4.5 per cent increase in income tax in 2013.

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Dec 1st 2012, 11:25 AM

# Budget 2013

Budget 2013: Four days to go, here is the speculation so far

The Budget is days away and though there has been fewer leaks than last year there’s plenty of speculation. This is what we can expect on Wednesday… definitely, maybe.

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Dec 1st 2012, 8:45 AM

# Leaders' Questions

Taoiseach defends ministerial tax breaks for second Dublin homes

The Taoiseach tells Pearse Doherty that cabinet ministers only receive about a tenth of the accommodation allowances that TDs do.

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Nov 28th 2012, 12:14 PM

# Healthcare

Over 18,000 sign petition demanding equal access to healthcare

Amnesty Ireland’s petition calls for the provision of equal access to healthcare based on the needs of the patient rather than their ability to pay.

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Nov 15th 2012, 8:15 PM

# Budget 2013

Budget 2013 to be held over one day, after Labour's "serious political miscalculation"

Budget 2013 will take place over a single day this year, unlike the coalition’s first budget last year, which took place over two.

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Nov 6th 2012, 2:53 PM

# 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

# Budget 2013

Budget 2013: Noonan pledges no increase in income tax rates, bands

Michael Noonan says the commitments in the programme for government – not to raise rates or bands – still apply.

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Oct 21st 2012, 7:45 AM

# idle speculation

Here's how much money the government would raise if income tax went up

Fine Gael and Labour have repeatedly said that income tax won’t be increased in the Budget – but they’ve still crunched the numbers on just how much it could raise.

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Oct 7th 2012, 8:00 AM