Stamp duty cut a non-runner but home-heating oil and childcare a budget focus, says Harris – The Irish Times
Minister for Finance Simon Harris has again ruled out any move to abolish stamp duty for first-time home…
Harris likely to bow to pressure to tackle unpopular investment tax in upcoming budget
Valerie Flynn and Andrew Walsh AN UNPOPULAR TAX on investment introduced almost 20 years ago as an anti-avoidance…
Sun showers and sheep shearing on day one of the National Ploughing Championships
Emma Hickey reports from Screggan ACROSS THE FAMED 700-acre site in Screggan, Co Offaly, 77,000 men, women and…
Trump scraps tariffs on Irish whiskey ‘on behalf of the United States of America’ – The Irish Times
US president Donald Trump made the surprise announcement that he would remove tariffs from Irish whiskey at the…
Jack Chambers rules out equalising inheritance thresholds in budget – The Irish Times
Minister for Public Expenditure Jack Chambers has effectively ruled out the equalisation of inheritance tax thresholds between children…
Ireland’s ETF investors face another wait for deemed-disposal reform – The Irish Times
Junior finance minister Robert Troy recently signalled that the Government was finally going to tackle Ireland’s deemed-disposal regime…
Government rules out ethical limits on investing in weapons or fossil fuels through new state scheme
ASIDE FROM CRYPTOCURRENCIES, there are no plans to limit what funds may feature in the government’s flagship savings…
Record €66bn in tax collected in first eight months of 2026 – The Irish Times
Government spending is rising more quickly in percentage terms than tax receipts even as a record €66 billion…
Stockholm meets London: Ireland’s investment account could have the best of both worlds – if the final figures are right
In some ways, the most interesting element of Ireland’s new tax-incentivised investment scheme was not announced…
A ‘complex’ 38% tax on investments will not apply to the government’s new savings scheme
MORE DETAILS HAVE been announced for the government’s upcoming savings scheme, with the latest update proposing that the…
Key decisions on new state savings scheme deferred until Budget 2027 – The Irish Times
The Government has decided to defer a decision on the future of deemed disposal and exit taxes on…
Changes to 38% tax paid on investment funds to be considered ‘in coming weeks’ – The Irish Times
Changes to the 38 per cent tax paid every eight years on certain investment funds, known as deemed…