The new US president probably doesn’t know yet himself whether his bite will turn out to be quite as bad as his bark, but there is no doubt that barking is his forte
Move sets up potential stand-off on tax between US and EU
Officials studying Trump’s decision to pull US out of deal setting minimum corporate tax rate
The US president has pulled out of the OECD tax deal and made threats which will worry the new Irish government
Unite and international union body pursue builder over court action against shop stewards
Technology has changed the way many of us consume information, from complex pieces of writing to short video clips
Organisation also suggests regulator assess how effective are ‘dear CEO’ letters to industry bosses
Finding comes as former taoiseach Leo Varadkar says many in politics and media do not understand numbers
We must stop viewing health as ‘a cost to be managed’ and instead understand it as ‘an investment to be made’
Incoming administration is lacking in neither cash nor advice if exchequer returns, the OECD and Ifac are to be believed
While large investments in housing, transport and energy are needed, the Irish economy faces capacity constraints, especially in terms of labour and skills
Report says investing in equities improves returns even after retirement but it does come with greater risk
The president-elect faces big calls on his high tariff agenda, with many key advisers calling for early moves to lay down a marker
EU facing ‘severe’ health workforce shortage due to ageing staff and declining interest among young people in these careers
Education levels have stagnated or slowly declined across much of the world, says Unesco
Department of Finance says State’s taxation and welfare system does more to reduce income inequality than any other OECD economy
Deadline for consensus on OECD plans for taxing of multinationals has come and gone
OECD says real wage growth is supporting household incomes and spending but rising geopolitical tensions pose risk to outlook
National Women’s Council and 25 other organisations want pilot programme established
Department of Education’s own information repeated in report, leaders of schools in disadvantaged areas say
Ireland remains central to a rotten system that deprives some of the poorest countries in the world of much needed tax revenue
Ireland spends less on education per student compared to average across developed countries
Not for the first time Apple has sent Ireland’s tax figures stratospheric and the Department of Finance running for cover
Female labour force participation has risen steadily from below 50% at the turn of the century to over 60% now, but remains low by international standards
Insurer has five-year deferral on new corporate tax rate as it has no international activity
Business tax receipts have tended to exceed even the most optimistic projections and there are reasons to suspect receipts will go up again, even from this high point
Sunak’s Rwanda immigration plan, the election of Donald Trump in the US and a stagnating euro zone economy could all be big problems for us
Pay decision will come as relief to UK businesses after period of rapid increases
US president has indicated a desire to see the US minimum rate increased from 15% to 21%, as part of a revenue-raising package to soak big companies
G20 finance ministers to discuss how to save reforms to way multinationals are taxed where they do business
Organisation says external factors helping push inflation lower are dissipating
OECD estimates ‘investment hubs’ could see corporate tax revenues rising by up to 34% from new tax rate of at least 15% on multinational profits
After years of OECD talks, ‘critical mass’ of nations to apply at least 15% rate from January
An increasingly mature multinational sector, our reliance on a few big companies and changes in global tax rules will all affect future tax revenues
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