RTÉ’s Prime Time last night was a discussion on tax. Reporter/presenter Mark Little repeated several times Noel Dempsey‘s (and the Government’s) claim that “38% of people pay no tax at all”. That’s rubbish. 38% of people pay no income tax. But they all pay tax. VAT, or sales tax, is paid by everyone, without exception. [...]
March 4th, 2009 at
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Politics (Ireland) | tags:
brian goggin,
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fairness,
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mark little,
mini-budget,
no tax,
noel dempsey,
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PRSI Ceiling removal would pay for medical card reinstatement three times over As we all know by now, Fianna Fáil have taken the medical card away from pensioners, causing huge consternation and uproar. Just as bad was the bare-faced bailout for developers, where the Government will now provide mortgages to those who can’t get bank [...]
October 18th, 2008 at
18:00 in
Politics (Ireland) | tags:
air travel tax,
bail out,
brian lenihan,
budget 2009,
developer bailout,
excise,
fianna fáil,
mary harney,
medical card,
mortgages,
older people,
parliamentary question,
pensioners,
petrol,
ruairi quinn,
sunday tribune,
tax,
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