Blog Archive

Rebuilding Ireland: It’s time to end bogus self-employment in the construction industry

James Wickham 17/04/2016

James Wickham: As far as the tax system is concerned, many workers on Irish building sites are not workers at all. Instead of getting wages for doing …

How to Fund Housing and Infrastructure

Paul Sweeney 14/04/2016

Paul Sweeney: There is a simple solution to directly funding an immediate major social housing programme and other infrastructure. It is to use the …

Low pay in Ireland: causes, consequences, and solutions

Cian McMahon 13/04/2016

Cian McMahon: This blog provides a brief overview of TASC’s recent submission to the Low Pay Commission on the level of the national minimum wage …

Five Proposals for A New Programme for Government

Rory Hearne 08/04/2016

Rory Hearne: TASC has produced a new report (Towards Cherishing All Equally: Five Proposals for a New Programme for Government) outlining five policy …

More Actions Needed to Curb Tax Cheating

Paul Sweeney 04/04/2016

Paul Sweeney: The recent stories in the news that there is widespread tax evasion and avoidance by the rich and powerful is hardly new. In my last …

Inequality and the Millennial Generation

Rory Hearne 01/04/2016

Rory Hearne: A global debate is taking place about the plight of the Millennial Generation and the ‘intergenerational inequalities’ they face. …

Good News on Corporate Tax Avoidance

Paul Sweeney 31/03/2016

Paul Sweeney: The public anger at the low levels of corporation tax paid by multinationals has forced action by states and may be beginning to bring …

A Challenge to Ireland’s Wealthy

Paul Sweeney 21/03/2016

Paul Sweeney: “We can well afford to pay our current taxes, and we can afford to pay even more. Our state needs to invest this revenue in our …

Retreat on Comprehensive Reform on Pension Taxation in Ireland and the U.K.

Gerard Hughes 20/03/2016

Prof Gerry Hughes: In the last fifteen years the cost of pension tax relief has doubled in Ireland and the U.K. and most of the tax relief accrues to …

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