Cliff Taylor

Cliff Taylor: There are legal and tax complications for both employer and employee.

Move is aimed squarely at the top 25%. Fianna Fáil may look to spread the gains a bit more widely

Smart Money: Indexing for inflation and preparing ground ahead of a General Election means €1,000 tax package figure per middle income earner might not be too far fetched

A better future for younger people must be the priority, not lining pockets of better-off older voters

Property prices have been falling over the last three months, but some parts of the market are performing very differently from others, making predictions tricky

The inflation surge may be slowly easing, but the cost of living crisis lives on

Smart Money: Economically, taxes on immobile assets like property are seen to be more efficient than income taxes

Ministers told PRSI increases needed to help bridge the gap

Analysis: Arguments for prudence will be balanced by the Cabinet with immediate needs of the economy and short-term political popularity

Now that their homes have just about recovered to the price they paid for them, they are being hit by the sharpest interest rate rise in recent history

Cliff Taylor: Lagarde told politicians to reduce cost-of-living supports to households and so, cut demand and lower inflationary pressures

Cliff Taylor: Those on tracker mortgages are the most exposed as they are tied to the ECB rate

The political calculation the party has to make is how its tax plans will play with the middle ground

Cliff Taylor: Raising rates is the ECB’s primary weapon in the fight against inflation

Having argued for incentives, builders must now deliver