EU officials viewed multinationals’ tax files in Dublin last yearEuropean Commission’s competition arm examined files as part of Apple investigationSat Sept 03 2016 - 01:00
Give Me a Crash Course In . . . Apple and the €13bnThe tax Europe says the iPhone maker must give Ireland would help pay the €200bn national debt. But the Government fears a tax payment would scare off foreign investmentSat Sept 03 2016 - 01:00
Tax receipts 7% below monthly target as income tax faltersSecond successive month undershooting exchequer target raises pre-budget concernFri Sept 02 2016 - 16:36
Apple’s Irish company structure key to EU tax findingTech giant’s ‘single Irish’ arrangement central to European Commission findingFri Sept 02 2016 - 05:30
Apple tax judgment: Five key points on EU rulingBack taxes of €13bn not available until appeals end and EU dictates may only be used to cut debtWed Aug 31 2016 - 08:17
Ireland now caught in multinational tax rowCliff Taylor unravels the complexities and consequences of the European Commission’s rulingTue Aug 30 2016 - 11:24
Apple could face major Irish tax bill after EU rulingTech giant may have to pay millions to State if EU decides its tax arrangements were illegalMon Aug 29 2016 - 17:19
Q&A: What exactly is at stake in the Apple tax issue?Cliff Taylor answers the big questions about the European Commission’s decisionMon Aug 29 2016 - 12:05
Ireland set for damage limitation over EU decision on Apple taxAnalysis: even a figure in low-single-figure billions would be damaging for the StateMon Aug 29 2016 - 06:33
Cliff Taylor: Reality check needed on election promise to abolish USCParty politics risks pushing the tax system back to looking like it did before the ‘bust’Sat Aug 27 2016 - 01:00
EU to rule against Ireland in Apple tax caseTax deal found to be illegal state aid but Apple’s tax bill to Ireland will be far less than originally suggestedFri Aug 26 2016 - 20:39
USC: Best we can hope for is a very long goodbyeReplacing universal social charge would require big tax hikes elsewhereThu Aug 25 2016 - 13:13
Talks on new US/Ireland tax treaty to focus on multinationalsUS expected to seek tightening of rules to limit companies’ leeway to reduce tax billsThu Aug 25 2016 - 12:11
Cliff Taylor: US sets down big marker in European tax battleTreasury sets out Washington’s case, questioning power of the EU CommissionWed Aug 24 2016 - 15:52
Cliff Taylor: Ross’s ticket inquiry faces legal minefieldNon-statutory inquiry can only succeed if facts are presented to itSat Aug 20 2016 - 01:00
Estate agents expect house prices to rise 4.5% in next yearCentral Bank survey indicates that prices likely to continue upward trendThu Aug 18 2016 - 20:42
Analysis: No Brexit economic hit yet, but it’s comingUK consumer spending rose unexpectedly in July but is unlikely to stay solid for longThu Aug 18 2016 - 12:45
Analysis: How low can sterling fall?Forecasters expect UK inflation to run at 2.5 per cent in the first half of next yearTue Aug 16 2016 - 14:49
Sterling drops to a three-year low against the euroDownward pressure weighs on pound ahead of key data being releasedTue Aug 16 2016 - 06:52
Construction industry activity rises sharply in JulyCommercial and housing most buoyant, says Ulster Bank construction PMI reportMon Aug 08 2016 - 06:50
Domestic growth about 6% last year, says NTMAGDP figure of 26% severely overstated growth, says National Treasury Management AgencySun Aug 07 2016 - 21:30
Cliff Taylor: No respite in sight for the squeezed middleNotion that all the measures brought in after the crash can be unwound is fancifulSat Aug 06 2016 - 06:00
Cliff Taylor: Latest exchequer returns raise a few question marksTax, VAT and excise duties are below target – will spending weaker further after Brexit?Wed Aug 03 2016 - 18:09
How to get vulture funds to pay taxCliff Taylor: Government faces tricky task swooping on vulture fundsMon Aug 01 2016 - 06:00
Analysis: Stress test a setback for plans to sell State’s AIB stakeHeadlines about the EBA test are unwelcome for the two Irish banks and particularly AIBSat Jul 30 2016 - 06:00
Cliff Taylor: Three bankers jailed – their crime was trying to stave off banking collapseTrio may feel they have taken one for the team in green jerseys – but a crime is a crimeFri Jul 29 2016 - 21:51
Cliff Taylor: With 26% growth, how do you predict what’s next?Analysis: Central Bank forecasters now faced with completely devalued economic dataWed Jul 27 2016 - 12:16
Cliff Taylor: Irish housing market clearly still dysfunctionalAnalysis: Central Bank report shows entire market in Ireland not operating properlyTue Jul 26 2016 - 12:45
Cliff Taylor: Single European market a nightmare for car insuranceCollapse of Enterprise Insurance highlights problems over who pays compensationFri Jul 22 2016 - 19:49
No-one likes paying tax, but we need to stop hating the USC so muchWe haven’t got a lot of cash to spare for tax cuts in the October budgetFri Jul 22 2016 - 19:00
Caveat: Better not to query that €280m EU billIt would be a mistake for the Government to have much hope of a cut in our EU contributionFri Jul 22 2016 - 06:00
USC cut would limit other promised tax reductionsReduction in 5.5% rate may compromise other commitments in government programmeFri Jul 22 2016 - 01:00
Cliff Taylor: Six key questions for Noonan posed by the Budget planBudget plan lays out the options for adjusting taxes now on the table for the GovernmentThu Jul 21 2016 - 18:40
Sharp cuts in USC proposed in three-year budget planDepartment of Finance analysis says new revenues must be raised in other areasThu Jul 21 2016 - 14:05
Tax and high earners: Six key points in the budget debateChanges to PAYE credits could lead to marginal tax rates of 68.5% for some high earnersWed Jul 20 2016 - 12:47
Higher earners face bigger tax bill under plan to cut PAYE creditMarginal rate could reach 68.5% for people on €70,000-€80,000, says Irish Tax InstituteWed Jul 20 2016 - 06:02
IMF, EU Commission both cut UK growth outlook due to BrexitForecasts suggest UK heading for a year of slow growth, with risk of a recessionTue Jul 19 2016 - 13:30
Cliff Taylor: Political will for hard choices is as real as 26 per cent growthA central feature of the new politics is never making a decision on anything if it can possibly be avoidedSat Jul 16 2016 - 00:37
Ireland’s GDP figures: Why 26% economic growth is a problemThe growth rate may be statistical fact but it is a fiction in reflecting what is actually going onFri Jul 15 2016 - 09:30
EU antitrust regulators open third front against GoogleCompany accused of blocking rivals in online search advertisingThu Jul 14 2016 - 21:38
CSO to examine better ways of measuring growth amid GDP controversyAgency to convene special group to look into how best to present economic dataThu Jul 14 2016 - 08:53
CSO to convene special group to examine how best to measure the economyMove follows controversy over 26 per cent GDP growth rate for 2015Wed Jul 13 2016 - 16:24
Cliff Taylor: Who fears to speak of Irexit?Brexit: At some stage we may have to choose between the United Kingdom and EuropeFri Jul 01 2016 - 17:49
Fund manager Fidelity to move jobs from Surrey to DublinSources say move is not directly related to Brexit voteThu Jun 30 2016 - 20:05
Irish economic growth forecast for 2017 slashed by Cantor in wake of BrexitBroker’s estimate of 2.4 per cent growth is well below official predictionsThu Jun 30 2016 - 10:39
Growth could fall 0.5% over Brexit vote, says NoonanGovernment’s room for manoeuvre in budget unlikely to change, says MinisterWed Jun 29 2016 - 01:00
Cliff Taylor: Government and business must plan amid hiatusPost-Brexit, we don’t know what future holds for Ireland - so we need a short-term planTue Jun 28 2016 - 07:47
Analysis: Osborne fails to calm markets as pound plummetsFour key points from Osborne’s statement and what they meanMon Jun 27 2016 - 08:31
Markets braced for more volatility in key post-Brexit weekSterling, the euro, stocks and bonds are expected to remain under pressureMon Jun 27 2016 - 01:00
Brexit: What to look out for in the days aheadHere are the implications for the economy of developments so farSun Jun 26 2016 - 13:42
