Organisation For Economic Co-Operation And Development (OECD)

IDA believes State’s still modest tax rate, political stability and skill base will attract pharma and medical companies

What the UK and Norway did with their oil and gas wealth couldn’t have been more different. Both experiences provide valuable lessons for Ireland

Smart Money: Implementing an OECD plan for the future of international business taxes is proving more than complicated

If the sector treads water for a while, there will be some economic pain, but fears of a collapse are overstated

One partner, usually female, often gives up work to look after children because of costs

MEPs question commissioner over letter sent to member states about country-by-country tax reporting

Paris-based organisation calls on membership to prepare for negative side-effects from mass adoption of technology

Budget 2024: Indexation of tax bands is the reform most sought by tax professionals to ensure people’s standstill position does not weaken

To broaden our tax base and lessen our reliance on the multinational sector base, we need to strengthen indigenous business

Disposable income shrank by 11% in first three months of 2023, says CSO

Paris-based agency says global economy is turning a corner but faces a long road ahead to attain strong and sustainable growth

Back-to-back quarters of negative growth recorded as economy hits full employment

Agency appears to contradict the Government, which blamed multi-national presence for ‘distorting’ emissions figures

State is unexpectedly flush with cash; it’s in the national interest to ensure this is spent wisely

National Competitiveness and Productivity Council says lack of homes is a major challenge to economy in immediate term

Analysis: Government needs inflation to come down fast in order to deflect growing demand to spend

Irish workers also ended up paying more tax on lower real income, body says

Labour shortages and demographic pressures fuel competition for skilled people

Michael McGrath expects last year’s €22.6bn record to be surpassed, but cautioned about future fall-off following OECD moves

A country famous for temporary jobs is experimenting with new types of contract to boost permanent employment

It is unfortunate that despite the global deal being reached, implementation internationally has proved to be so difficult

Q&A with Cliff Taylor: Multinationals with Irish headquarters and the biggest Irish companies will face significant new reporting requirement – and higher tax bills

McGrath confirms plan for ‘top up’ tax of 2.5% for large multinationals bringing corporate rate to 15%

Smart Money: There is a lot at stake for the State in the uncertainty surrounding the international path of the tax

As the drive to make multinationals pay their share gathers pace, intercompany arrangements are more likely to be challenged, explains Claire Healy of Mazars

Government considering a top-up tax for companies with turnover in excess of €750m, aiming to ensure that they pay minimum effective rate of 15% on earnings here

Refusal of strategy to be published this week to address pricing issues for common off-patent therapies likely only to worsen supply issues

Seen and heard: the vulnerabilities of shadow banking, global tax reforms and outgoing tourism chief takes job in Saudi

Agency’s interim outlook says interest rates likely to peak at 4.25% in euro zone and 5.25-5.5% in US

Strength of labour markets globally has confounded policymakers

Headline rate fell to 9.2 per cent in January with declines recorded in half of OECD countries

Economically Ireland has no right-of-centre politics, and public spending has jumped by a third since the 2016 election

Experience of Irish court users is ‘poor, due to costly, complex and often delayed services, cases and processes’, major OECD study finds

Brace of significant reports indicate Republic may require up to 108 additional judges

Further 20 appointments depend on ‘measurable progress’ in reforming court and judicial work practices, says Minister for Justice

Increase likely to be linked to more efficient working practices, including more court sittings and shorter vacations

Paris-based agency highlights strong Irish GDP growth in latest batch of growth numbers for industrialised bloc

Latest jobless barometer corresponded to 33.9 million, the lowest annual level since the series began in 2001

Results on a country-by-country basis were mixed however

Headline rate was down from peak of 10.8 per cent in October and lowest level since April last year