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# Tax Haven

Last year
2022
Microsoft avoids paying tax in many countries by using Irish subsidiaries, study finds
Microsoft Singapore Holdings posted profits from dividends of €23.1 billion in 2020 but announced a tax liability of just $15.
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Oct 13th 2022, 8:20 AM
Opinion: How can Ireland really help Ukraine? Stop bankrolling Russia's oligarchs
Economist Brian O’Boyle says Ireland could really help Ukraine but cutting off the flow of Russian money through the country.
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Apr 6th 2022, 10:45 AM
All time
'Ireland is not a tax haven': Department of Finance dismisses 'tax haven' research findings
A study has claimed that Ireland channels the profits of more multinational companies than all the Caribbean islands combined.
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Jun 13th 2018, 3:24 PM
'I'm not going to name names...': Trump targets Ireland in tax reform speech
He described how Apple, among other companies, were keeping billions of dollars offshore.
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Nov 30th 2017, 8:22 AM
Ireland named world's 6th worst corporate tax haven
Oxfam said Ireland’s score was based on its lack of effective rules to prevent corporate tax dodging and because it facilitates large-scale corporate tax avoidance.
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Dec 12th 2016, 7:31 AM
US companies keep $2.1 trillion profits in overseas tax havens (and Ireland has its fair share)
The companies, many of which have subsidiaries in Ireland, would collectively owe the United States an estimated $620 billion if they were to repatriate their profits to there.
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Oct 18th 2015, 9:15 AM
So just what was the effective rate of tax for corporations in the last decade?
It’s more than you might think for most companies.
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Apr 7th 2014, 4:22 PM
Coveney ‘not surprised’ by claims of Apple’s $850m Irish tax avoidance
Meanwhile, the Taoiseach Enda Kenny has said that the Finance Minister is dealing with the issue of “statelessness”.
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Mar 7th 2014, 7:00 PM
Damien Kiberd: Why neither Ireland nor USA wants to question tax haven
Official Ireland does not like inconvenient truths – which is why Trinity professor Jim Stewart’s spot-on research makes it defensive.
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Feb 16th 2014, 8:30 AM
Multinational companies paid just 2.2 per cent tax in 2011 - report
A new study from Trinity College contradicts the government position on multinationals’ tax rates, but had been criticised.
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Feb 11th 2014, 9:38 AM
US senators welcome Irish tax reforms
The two US senators, one a former presidential candidate, say that Ireland should “close the door” on tax abuses.
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Oct 16th 2013, 8:54 PM
Taoiseach: OECD says we're not a tax haven, FF: You're being complacent
The Taoiseach and Fianna Fáil spokesperson Michael McGrath were responding to news that the European Commission is scrutinising Ireland’s tax regime.
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Sep 12th 2013, 2:32 PM
OECD tax chief: 'Ireland is not a tax haven'
“Clearly Ireland does not fall at all in this category,” Pascal Saint Amans told an Oireachtas committee today.
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Jul 23rd 2013, 1:59 PM
Column: Is Ireland actually a tax haven?
The consequence of tax avoidance and evasion by multinationals and wealthy individuals is higher income taxes for the rest of society, writes Dr Tom McDonnell who says Ireland is certainly not a haven for the average taxpayer.
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Jul 21st 2013, 8:30 AM
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
Google boss defends Ireland's corporate tax rate
Eric Schmidt said governments see their own tax breaks as incentives while calling other countries “tax havens”.
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Jun 17th 2013, 10:39 AM
Gilmore: Companies in Ireland pay close to the correct amount of tax
The Tánaiste was responding to reports that one US multinational company had an effective tax rate of 4 per cent in 2011.
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May 31st 2013, 11:05 AM
Minister calls Shatter controversy trivial and superficial
“We have more important things to talk about in this country,” Pat Rabbitte told RTÉ’s The Week in Politics.
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May 26th 2013, 2:09 PM
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
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
Ireland is Apple's 'Holy Grail of tax avoidance'
The firm pays just two per cent tax on profits in Ireland but has denied using any “tax gimmicks”.
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May 21st 2013, 9:54 AM
Good Morning
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May 21st 2013, 8:44 AM
Liechtenstein hands over information about suspected US tax dodgers
The data transfer comes after a demand by the US Justice Department.
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Mar 29th 2013, 6:24 PM
Law firm specialising in tax havens to create 75 jobs in Dublin
Maples and Calder, which already employs 175 people in the capital, offers corporate and financial law services.
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Jun 19th 2012, 8:29 AM
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
Google Ireland takes in €10.1bn - and pays €15.3m in tax
Google Ireland’s turnover increases 28 per cent – but with massive fees to its Bermuda subsidiary, its profit fell massively.
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Oct 10th 2011, 1:17 PM
Google orders up a 'Double Irish'
Tax loopholes mean the internet giant pays tax of just 2.4 per cent.
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Oct 22nd 2010, 9:31 AM