Ireland faces new threat to 12.5% corporate tax on two fronts
The European Commission has set out its stall on the overhaul of corporate tax
The European Commission is proposing a new form of a common tax base that has long been bitterly opposed by Ireland.
Wed, 19 May, 2021 - 06:55
Eamon Quinn
The European Commission has set out its stall on the overhaul of corporate tax proposing to go even further with a new form of a common tax base that has long been bitterly opposed by Ireland.
In a 14-page document, Business Taxation for the 21st Century, which was prepared for the European Parliament, the commission has proposed going beyond the current global initiatives that have anchored Irish prosperity for the past three decades.
International travel could return by late July as Government moves to ease restrictions
Taoiseach to propose paring back mandatory quarantine list amid moves to adopt the EU digital green cert
Key ministers in the Irish Government are anxious to re-establish connectivity, given its importance to the life and economy of the country. File picture: iStock
Mon, 17 May, 2021 - 06:30
Daniel McConnell, Political Editor
The prospect of vaccinated people being able to fly abroad by late summer will take a giant leap forward tomorrow as Cabinet ministers are to approve a major easing of restrictions on travel.
The Government will tomorrow approve a plan to remove most, if not all, European countries from the mandatory hotel quarantine list as part of a move to adopt the EU digital green cert.
It is too soon to consider bringing in Covid-19 vaccination passports, health officials say
Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, yesterday announced she will present plans for a Covid vaccination passport on March 17
A BioNTech/Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine being prepared. File picture: PA
Tue, 02 Mar, 2021 - 08:37
Niamh Griffin, Elaine Loughlin, Aoife Moore
It is too soon to make plans for so-called vaccine passports, Irish health officials have said, despite moves being made at a European level to establish such a scheme.
Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, yesterday announced she will present plans for a Covid-19 vaccination passport on March 17.