Taxation

Socio-Economic Review 2014 - Overview

Social Justice Ireland's Socio Economic Review 2014 'Steps Towards a Fairer Future' is a 320-page Review which analyses the economic challenges facing Iris

Ireland's total tax-take remains among lowest in EU

Elections Policy Briefing 2014

The key focus of the local and European elections should be securing the wellbeing of this and future generations.  Social Justice Ireland’s policy briefing ‘Elections 2014’ identifies some key issues and actions required that are critical to shaping a fairer future. 

Socio-Economic Review 2014 - Taxation Podcast

This podcast outlines the main findings and policy recommendations on taxation from our Socio-Economic Review 2014.  Issues discussed are corporate tax, FTT and the tax base.

Government Tax Proposals could give €922 a year to a person earning €125,000 while giving NOTHING to those earning below €32,800

Government’s tax proposals should be rejected because they would give all the benefit to those earning over €32,800 while giving nothing to those earning less than that amount according to a new st

Ireland's scandalous corporate tax regime exposed AGAIN - New approach required

A story in The Irish Times (March 7, 2014) shows that Apple pai

Fairness in changing Income Tax

This paper examines the distributional impact of changing income tax looking specifically at three options. The full Document can be downloaded below

Building a Just Society should be at the core of all Government programmes

783 million people live without clean water, 2.5 billion have no adequate sanitation and 1.4 billion people are without access to electricity in our world today.  This is a profoundly unjust situat

Income tax bands should not be changed in the next Budget – benefit would only go to the better off

Social Justice Ireland challenges the Minister for Finance’s proposal that the tax band ceiling of €32,800 should be raised.  Changing the tax bands in the next Budget would only benefit t

OECD publishes Base Erosion Profit Shifting Update for 2014

The OECD has just released an update on the 2014 deliverables of the Action Plan on Base Erosion Profit Shifting (BEPS).