Jobs Initiative 2011 – VAT Rate Change
A new second Reduced VAT Rate will be introduced with effect from 1 July 2011 in Ireland. The Minister for Finance has announced that the second reduced VAT rate of 9% will be introduced for certain goods and services mainly in the tourist industry ...read more
Reduce Corporation Tax Rate to 5%
There is enormous pressure on Ireland to increase its corporation tax rate from 12.5%. The Irish effective rate of corporation tax is 11.9% approximately. President Nicolas Sarkozy has made very clear his dislike of Ireland’s low corporation tax...read more
The Good Things about Ireland
It is good to remind ourselves about the things that Ireland is doing right: Our competiveness has improved greatly over the last two year. Corporation Tax is still 12.5% and is very competitive and is vital to our future economic survi...read more
