NERI Seminar: QEO Autumn 2013
Presentation of the Autumn 2013 NERI Quarterly Economic Observer, September 18th 2013.
Monday Blog: Ireland - a place of tax safety and refuge ?
Writing in the Irish Times recently, Feargal O’Rourke head of tax at PwC Ireland declares: ‘What can be said with absolute certainty is that every company within the charge to Irish tax pays tax at 12.5 per cent on their activities – that is a fact.’ (‘ Whatever way you look at it, Ireland is not a...
Monday Blog: A welcome (if modest) increase in employment
The publication, recently, by the Central Statistics Office of results from their Quarterly National Household Survey for the year to June 2013 has provided a welcome respite to the generally negative employment news since the beginning of 2008. Employment is now increasing across most sectors and...
Understanding Earnings - a key context for policy formation
As we move towards another austerity budget (October 2013) it is useful to consider Government's choices in the context of the structure of earnings. Despite its relevance, limited attention tends to be given to the distribution of earnings and income in the formation of policy options and decisions...
Ireland and Europe's FTT Proposal
In the context of the recent international financial crisis, one principally derived from the reckless speculative behaviour of numerous banking and financial corporations, the long-term hesitancy towards a financial transactions tax (FTT) tax has begun to thaw. Most recently the European Commission...
A Financial Transactions Tax:
External event contribution Presentation to the 5th annual ICTU Global Solidarity Summer School, Dublin August 24th 2013
New Report on Republic’s Income Distribution
The latest NERI Research inBrief, entitled Income Distribution, Pre-distribution and Re-distribution: latest data for the Republic of Ireland, provides the latest information on income distribution in the Republic of Ireland. Pre-distribution, the direct income distribution reflects a large...
Reforming Tax Credits in Budget 2014
Taxation options are a key context for the forthcoming Budget (October). However, given the distortionary effect of any taxation change, and the fragility of the domestic economy, any choices around raising additional tax revenues are challenging. These challenges are magnified given the notable...
NERI Seminar Dublin: Can the Rehn-Meidner model be a guiding star for EU countries like Ireland?
Presentation slides for this seminar.
Budget 2014: Some Tax Options
On Saturday last, July 13th, Claiming Our Future held a conference in Corke Park to consider the options and policy choices for Budget 2014. As part of the conference, I presented some options on taxation - my slides are available here. In it I argued that the Budget should focus on growth and...