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Lessons from the UK
Nat O'Connor 05/12/2012
Nat O'Connor: The UK's Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, gave his Autumn Statement early this afternoon, as the UK too examines its debt …
The deficit and debt repayments
Nat O'Connor 05/12/2012
Nat O'Connor: The brief ten pages of the 2013 Estimates include the stark reminder of just why the Government is set on €3.5 billion of tax …
#Budget2013
Nat O'Connor 05/12/2012
Nat O'Connor: As the new era of budget transparency dawns (or should that be New Era?), the Government's official information service …
Clamping Down on Tax Injustice—Sharing the Price of Austerity
Daragh McCarthy 03/12/2012
Daragh McCarthy: On Wednesday, the EU’s tax commissioner will outline a set of proposals aimed at reducing the level of tax evasion and aggressive …
Making Equality Count—the Case for Budgetary Impact Assessments
Clara Fischer 29/11/2012
Clara Fischer: Ireland’s next budget is only around the corner, and people all over the country are bracing themselves for what is set to be …
Ireland – caught in the low corporate tax trap?
Aoife Ní Lochlainn, Daragh McCarthy 20/11/2012
Daragh McCarthy and Aoife Ní Lochlainn: In the wake of the Public Accounts Committee in the UK interrogating a trio of multinational executives on …
The Default Option - Cancelling the Odious Debt
Tom McDonnell 14/11/2012
Tom McDonnell: We have seen again in the last few days that the troika are a not a monolith. They disagree quite fundamentally on many issues. It is …
The importance of secondary benefits
Aoife Ní Lochlainn 07/11/2012
Aoife Ní Lochlainn: Today, TASC appeared before the Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection to discuss our proposals for Budget …
Closing the Gap
01/11/2012
Today we launched Closing the Gap: TASC’s Proposals for a More Equitable Budget. Our basic message is that there is a risk of major, negative and …
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Robert Sweeney
Robert Sweeney is a policy analyst at TASC and focuses on issues surrounding Irish …
Jim Stewart
Dr Jim Stewart is Adjunct Associate Professor at Trinity College Dublin. His research …
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Vic Duggan
Vic Duggan is an independent consultant, economist and public policy specialist catering …