You can’t be even a bit Irish and be unaware of the significance of the Easter 1916 rising for the history of the country. In
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Global tax debate and Ireland
As the Irish Times has reported this morning: On this week’s [Irish Times] business podcast, UK based tax reform advocate Professor Richard Murphy and our legal affairs
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Don’t just make Ireland collect Apple’s tax, charge them a penalty for failing to do so
The European Commission has taken Ireland to court for failing to collect the €13 billion tax demand on Apple imposed last year. The press release
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Ireland is morally bankrupt
Colette Browne, a columnist on the Irish Independent wrote on the Apple tax case yesterday. I am going to ignore her comments on tax itself,
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Apple’s tax: a court now has to decide whether Ireland turned a deliberate blind eye to the tax abuse it enabled
The Apple tax appeal begins today: Ireland is saying it does not want the €13 billion the EU says the company should owe and did
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The Irish economy: clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right
I was on the radio in Ireland yesterday evening discussing the impact of Trump on its economy and tax policy. I made clear that Trump
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Was Brexit really a choice to disintegrate?
I was writing poetry before bed last night, as I do, occasionally. I’ll spare you my efforts: the results are definitely not worth sharing. And
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Is the EU big enough to take on the issue of Ireland post Brexit?
The Guardian had two headlines of special interest to me last might: And: The two are related, of course, and appropriately so in my opinion.
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Is withholding tax the way to beat non-taxation?
The FT has just reported that: Apple has been forced to pay ¥12bn of back taxes to the Japanese authorities in a new controversy over
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