The banks are back in profit – so why are they still not paying tax?
announcing underlying profits of €935 million. Yet because of their ability to continue to write off losses made during the crash against their profits, the banks are not paying any tax on the vast bulk of their profits – and will not do so for years to come.
Given they were bailed out by the taxpayer, is this a fair deal? Or would taxing the banks be shooting ourselves in the foot by cutting the value of the State’s remaining shareholding in the banks? As with a number of areas of policy toward the banks, our role as both shareholders – via the State – taxpayers ourselves and customers means defining what is in the public interest here is far from straightforward.
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