Michael Noonan

Fiscal Deficit Likely To Rise

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An economist and CEO of the Institute of Chartered Economists, Ghana (ICEG), Gideon Amissah, says there is a likelihood of a ballooning fiscal deficit given the proposed tax cuts in the 2017 budget. The Finance Minister in the 2017 budget presented to Parliament outlined a raft of tax cuts including the one per cent special … Read more

Apple Faces 13bn-Euro Irish Tax Bill

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Ireland should recover up to €13bn (£11bn) from Apple in back taxes, the European Commission has ruled. After a three-year long investigation, it has concluded that the US firm’s tax benefits are illegal. The Commission said this enabled it to pay substantially less than other businesses, in effect paying a corporate tax rate of no … Read more