Taxation

Fairness in Changing Income Taxes - October 2019

Monday, 1 October 2018

As part of our Budgetary research Social Justice Ireland published Fairness and Changing Income Taxes on 1st October.  The analysis highlights the distributive impact taxation policy choices can have and the potential policy has to pursue both fair and unfair outcomes.

Many of Ireland's richest pay lower tax rates than ordinary working people

Saturday, 29 September 2018
Fair taxation

Some of Ireland's richest have a taxable income of less than the average industrial wage, with many paying income tax at a lower rate than the average taxpayer. What can government do in Budget 2019 to counter this highly unfair situation?

Budget 2019 should invest in social infrastructure, rather than in tax cuts

Monday, 24 September 2018
Budget

Ireland now has the resources to ensure that Budget 2019 addresses the key challenges facing Irish people. Adopting the measures Social Justice Ireland are proposing, each of which has been fully costed and is accompanied by a proposed funding method, would move Ireland in the direction of becoming a fairer, more equal society.

Fairness and Changing Income Taxes

Tuesday, 18 September 2018
Finances

Social Justice Ireland published Fairness and Changing Income Taxes: September 2018 on 18th September. The study assesses the fairness of seven possible income taxation options, each with a full-year cost of between €254m to €348m; equivalent to between 1.2% and 1.6% of the annual income taxation yield.

National Social Monitor Autumn 2018 - Taxation

Wednesday, 12 September 2018

In this section of our National Social Monitor Autumn 2018 we look at the changing nature of Ireland's tax take, discuss broadening the tax base and increasing Ireland's per capita tax take.

Government policy is a dramatic failure - National Social Monitor Autumn 2018

Tuesday, 4 September 2018
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With 10,000 people - including 3,600 children - homeless, 72,000 mortgages in arrears, and 86,000 households on social housing waiting lists, it can hardly be denied that Government policy is a dramatic failure.

€500m subsidy to accommodation sector not justifiable

Monday, 23 July 2018

Government should stop subsidising the Accommodation and Food Services sector and instead should incentivise the kind of jobs that allow workers to achieve a decent standard of living.

Unbalanced tax system and lack of investment in infrastructure among greatest risks to Ireland – Social Justice Ireland submission on the Draft National Risk Assessment 2018

Thursday, 21 June 2018
infrastructureservices

Social Justice Ireland submitted to the Department of An Taoiseach on the Draft National Risk Assessment 2018.  In our submission, we urge Government to view the absence of a progressive tax system and lack of infrastructure development as real and immediate risks and to take necessary steps to address them.

Now is the time to increase Ireland's total tax-take

Friday, 4 May 2018
fairtaxation

A low tax-take is not justified in a wealthy society. With new all-time highs in household wealth levels, government should take the opportunity to raise the resources needed to build a fair and just society.

Social Justice Ireland submission on Ireland’s National Reform Programme

Monday, 23 April 2018
eu2020 nrp

The Government has today published its National Reform Programme 2018, as submitted to the European Commission.  In informing this process Social Justice Ireland submitted two papers to the Department of An Taoiseach - our comprehensive Europe2020 report and our analysis on the Country Specific Recommendations set out in the 2018 Country Report for Ireland.