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Irish Finance Minister Michael Noonan put the budget 2017, which largely focuses on the reform of the income tax system and the competitiveness of the corporate tax regime. The sixth part of the Noonan's budget as Minister of Finance, includes tax reforms to "reduce the burden on taxpayers just under EUR 300 million (USD 330.6 million)." He explained that "these changes include around EUR 500 million in tax cuts, offset by measures to increase tax revenues in the amount of EUR 195 million." As expected, Noonan decided to reduce the Universal social charge (USC), albeit at a slower pace than indicated in the government's pre-election manifesto. Announcing the measures, he said: "Extremely high tax rates act as a brake on employment They distract people from the jobs and divert immigrants from returning home.". Noonan admitted that he had "limited resources to change the situation," but said that it will allocate EUR 335 million to reduce each of the three lower USC rates by 0.5 percent. As a result, these bids will now be 0.5 percent, 2.5 percent and five percent. The ceiling of the band, which decreased 2.5 percentage payable rate will be increased from EUR 18,668 to EUR...

Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny confirmed its commitment to the 12.5 per cent rate of corporate tax "from the visual point of tax certainty." In his speech to the American Chamber of Commerce of Ireland (AmCham Ireland), Kenny noted that the rate will not change, and acknowledged that "this is an important element to consider with US investors to come here in Ireland." Bob Savage, president of the American Chamber of Commerce of Ireland, welcomes the statement by Kenny. According to him, the Chamber "deeply appreciates the unequivocal declaration of the Prime Minister that his government will firmly defend our reputation as a blood pro-Corporate Business of the country, which is determined by justice and the determination processing." In his pre-budget problem, of AmCham Ireland Ireland stressed the need "to evolve a corporate tax regime in response to the post-OPP landscape, to remain competitive." Comments Kenny later duplicated Finance Minister Michael Noonan. "We could almost put it on the flag right now, because everyone knows at the international level, that the figure is 12.5 per cent. In fact, when entrepreneurs are thinking about Ireland, they automatically think of 12.5...

The Irish Government has proposed that the tax authorities carried out a full review of tax decisions every five years. In a statement to the Dáil Éireann, the lower house of Parliament on 7 September 2016, Finance Minister Michael Noonan said that the tax authorities will amend the relevant guidance and regulations that will ensure that tax regulations are to remain in force for five years without a full review. Noonan added that the income will be published in its annual report the number of inmates each year, so as to fully ensure the confidentiality of the taxpayer. The announcement was made shortly after the conclusion of the European Commission have been made that the two tax rulings issued by Apple Ireland significantly and artificially lowered the taxes paid by Apple in Ireland since 1991. Irish Parliament endorsed the government's motion to appeal against the Commission's decision - 14 of September. In a statement, Noonan said that "a reaction to the decision of the Commission has, at times, an outdated and unfair caricature the position of Irish tax. It is a caricature that is contrary to the evidence in recent years. The facts show our constructive engagement of the...

The Irish Revenue published practically department in using Knowladge Department Box, special regime of income taxation that appears of intellectual property. KDB force into a new financial law for company in 2015, the report period of what started the 1 of January, 2016 and also is belong to income, which appears by literary property software and also in case of small companies it will be other intellectual property which equal or can be patented. As explained department, the company "will have a right for deduction in 50 percent of its own qualifications income. We can say that the income we can take from intellectual property has taxation in 6,25 percent when the rate of corporative tax is 12,5 percent. The regime is available for companies, which provided scientific researches according to part 766 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997. The department provide the definition of qualifications company, qualifications income and active which appears because of using qualifications active, and it also explains a huge specific demands, which need to be done for claiming the relief. Author: Olena Kutova senior lawyer of the Finance Business Service company ...