Asking Ireland’s lowest earners to pay income tax would be “very, very difficult politically” but it should be discussed - Economist
Asking Ireland’s lowest earners to pay income tax would be “very, very difficult politically” – but the option should be on the table, a leading economist has said.
“You will find a consensus across economists in Government, universities and the private sector that our tax base is too narrow,” he said. “So for example, on corporation tax, it's looking like we're going to have another Trump presidency and who knows what could happen under that? “Then we had the, very unpopular, introduction of the USC which kind of lessened how much people were out of their income tax net.
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