Category: Fiscal policy


Brian Lenihan's fairy godmothers

An tSaoi 02/09/2009

An Saoi: The tax returns for August throw up a few surprises, with the main shock coming from Corporation Tax. Instead of the budgeted €226M net …

NAMA is still not very transparent

Nat O'Connor 02/09/2009

Nat O'Connor: Brian Lenihan on NAMA: “...there has been very little criticism on the vast bulk of the legislation. In areas such as transparency …

More on NAMA

02/09/2009

Today's Irish Times has two takes on NAMA: Vincent Browne asks "why, if nobody else is willing to take a risk on Irish property, is the country as a …

NAMA: If you want to play 'Solve the Irish Banking Crisis', there are several games in town

Terry McDonough 01/09/2009

Terry McDonough: It has been repeatedly asserted over the last few days that NAMA is the only game in town. Below is a list and description of the …

Ostriches, Democracy and Dr. Fitzgerald

Michael Taft 31/08/2009

Michael Taft: Dr. Garret Fitzgerald is not impressed with the notion that if the majority of legislators believe that Government proposals are wrong …

Meanwhile, in the UK ...

30/08/2009

Following last week's debate in the UK surrounding a Tobin Tax, Ruth Sunderland - writing in today's Observer, has a few other suggestions for …

The NAMA controversy

Slí Eile 26/08/2009

Slí Eile: The controversey generated over NAMA cannot go without some comment on this site. Some 45 economists (some of them accountants ...) …

Taxing Surveys

Slí Eile 26/08/2009

Slí Eile: Do you think the Government can tax its way out of its economic difficulties? In answer to this online Irish Times poll, it is surprising …

A wages reality check

21/08/2009

Do Irish workers really enjoy the fourth-highest wages in the world? It seems the headline writers didn't really read the 2009 UBS Prices and …

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