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Computer giant Apple avoiding $25 billion in taxes with secret Irish tax haven (IrishCentral)

Tue, 21 May 2013 04:09:37 PDT

By: PATRICK COUNIHAN

Computer giant Apple has been accused of using offshore operations in Ireland to avoid billions of dollars in US taxes. The total for Ireland may be as high as $25 billion over the past three years.

New report shows that US firms pay less than normal tax in Ireland (IrishCentral)

Wed, 08 May 2013 11:31:35 PDT

By: Irish Voice Reporters

American corporations paid an average tax rate of eight percent on their company profits in Ireland, according to a report compiled for American politicians.

Stop austerity - EU leaders realized higher taxes and cut wages are going nowhere (IrishCentral)

Wed, 01 May 2013 09:56:35 PDT

By: Irish Voice Editorial

The backlash against austerity measures forced on European governments including Ireland has finally manifested itself, with European leaders now falling over themselves to proclaim it is time for austerity to end.

Irish American Maryland Gov Martin O’Malley institutes a tax on citizens for rainfall on property (IrishCentral)

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 04:56:57 PDT

By: IrishCentral Staff Writers

Maryland Democratic Governor Martin O’Malley came under attack yesterday from conservative website Brietbart.com, who are claiming his plan to combat state pollution is in fact a new tax for the amount of rain that falls on a property.

Letters from the tax man - the mounting cost of Ireland's property tax and running the country (IrishCentral)

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 05:32:58 PDT

A man puts up a poster outside Leinster House in Dublin, to promote anti-property tax protest in Dublin city center On most mornings over the past month in homes all over Ireland, there has been the barely audible sound of a letter or two plopping into the letterbox or down on the doormat Pestered as we all are by junk mail and bills of all kinds, particularly soaring energy bills, most of us don't exactly rush to pick up our post these days But for the past month it's been different Because over the past four weeks the Revenue here have been sending out their property tax letters to every home in the country READ MORE

The Irish property tax problem - everyone wants to own some and no one wants to be taxed on it (IrishCentral)

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 05:02:53 PDT

Ireland's controversial property tax has the nation in a frenzyEvery country has its quirks God knows America has the odd one or two Well, Ireland is no differentOne Irish quirk seems to be property: it's an obsession READ MORE

Ireland’s attractive tax breaks for TV and movies could be on the way out (IrishCentral)

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 05:09:50 PDT

By: IrishCentral Staff Writers

The Irish tax breaks that have allowed shows like “Camelot” to be filmed in the Emerald Isle could be on the way out, warns Irish Finance Minister Michael Noonan.

According to Variety, Section 481 “offers up to 28% benefit for projects, up to a ceiling of 50 million euros ($64.1 million) on qualifying expenditure.”

However, the Sunday Independent reports that Noonan is considering replacing this tax break, which runs until December 2015, with new tax credits for film producers.

A plot worthy of Hollywood - Northern Irish producer jailed for fake movie tax fraud worth millions (IrishCentral)

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 04:13:59 PDT

By: IrishCentral Staff Writers

A Northern Irish producer is among a group of five jailed for a $4.2 million tax fraud, which they attempted to cover-up by making the indie movie “A Landscape of Lies.” In a major plot twist the low-budget movie, with a B-list cast, went on to win an award at an American film festival before the scam’s cover was blown.

U2’s Bono and Ryanair Michael O’Leary highlight errors in Ireland’s property tax evaluations (IrishCentral)

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 11:48:52 PDT

By: PADDY CLANCY

Bono and Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary could save thousands in a controversial tax based on how their homes have been valued on the Revenue Commissioners’ new website.

Stephen Baldwin is set to agree a deal over an alleged unpaid $350,000 tax bill (IrishCentral)

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 06:17:17 PDT

Stephen Baldwin The 46-year-old actor is accused of failing to pay income tax in Rockland County, 15 miles northwest of Manhattan, for the years 2008, 2009 and 2010 but his attorney Russell Yankwitt says he will avoidprison and get up to five years to pay back the money owed, according to Fox NewsHe added that under the deal, Stephen will plead guilty this month to a tax felony and if he manages to pay the money back in one year, his record will be wiped cleanStephen's arrest for tax evasion in December came six months after a court rejected the born-again Christian's claim that he and a friend missed out on a lucrative contract with oil company BP thanks to KevinCostner and his business partner in oil cleanup, Patrick Smith Stephen and co-plaintiff Spyridon Contogouris, were asking for at least $17 million in damages at federal court in New Orleans, howeverwere awarded nothing READ MORE

Will Ireland's emigrants catch a break on property tax? (IrishCentral)

Wed, 27 Feb 2013 01:01:50 PST

Ireland's Minister for Finance, Michael Noonan,introduced the new property taxIn all the time I have lived in Ireland there has never been a property tax That is all about to change as the government is rolling out a tax on residential property this year Irish homeowners will start to see the bills for tax owed on their homes from next month READ MORE

Back taxes, the law and moving from Green Card to citizenship (IrishCentral)

Sat, 12 Jan 2013 05:15:46 PST

"I have lived in the US for nine years I have a green card that I received through the diversity visa lottery six years ago READ MORE

Stephen Baldwin has been arrested over an alleged unpaid $350,000 tax bill (IrishCentral)

Fri, 07 Dec 2012 09:46:34 PST

Kevin Costner and Stephen BaldwinThe 46-year-old actor is accused of failing to pay income tax in Rockland County, 15 miles northwest of Manhattan, for the years 2008, 2009 and 2010 and was bailed pending a February 2013 court appearanceRockland County District Attorney Thomas Zugibe told the New York Daily News: “At a time when Rockland County and New York State face severe fiscal shortfalls, we cannot afford to allow wealthy residents to break the law by cheating on their taxes“The defendant’s repetitive failure to file returns and pay taxes over a period of several years contributes to the sweeping cutbacks and closures in local government and in our schools”The arrest comes six months after a court rejected born-again Christian Stephen’s claim that he and a friend missed out on a lucrative contract with oil company BP thanks to Kevin Costner and his business partner in oil cleanup, Patrick Smith READ MORE

Property tax unveiled for Irish homeowners as Michael Noonan reveals Budget 2013 (IrishCentral)

Thu, 06 Dec 2012 05:12:43 PST

By: KERRY O’SHEA

Wednesday marked the unveiling for the Budget 2013 in Ireland by Finance Minister Michael Noonan. A number of new measures were outlined in the new financial plan for the coming years.

Jailed garlic tax man to appeal sentence at Dublin court (IrishCentral)

Mon, 03 Dec 2012 05:20:41 PST

By: PATRICK COUNIHAN

A Dublin businessman jailed for failing to pay tax on imported garlic will appeal his sentence on Monday.

Mansion tax to be introduced in Wednesday’s budget as coalition partners slug it out (IrishCentral)

Sun, 02 Dec 2012 07:15:47 PST

By: PATRICK COUNIHAN

The Irish government’s Coalition parties are locked in a bitter dispute ahead of Wednesday’s latest austerity budget.

Ireland is no country for young men or women anymore -- Sky high taxes, lower incomes means only bad news for the young (IrishCentral)

Wed, 26 Sep 2012 04:17:35 PDT

Karl Miller, Olwen Sheedy, Sam Hopkins and Sinead Donolon have all left, thought about leaving or are leaving Ireland to find work(Credit: CNN)One of the worst aspects of the financial crisis in Ireland is the way it has impacted on young people disproportionatelyBy young people, I mean not just those still in college, but those in their twenties and thirties, and even fortiesThese include the young couples who bought houses at the top of the boom and are now struggling to pay their sky high mortgages as their income shrivels READ MORE

Social Security - are you eligible for benefits if you paid taxes in the past? (IrishCentral)

Sat, 15 Sep 2012 05:47:21 PDT

Are you eligible to collect Social Security? "I was in the US 20 years ago with a Morrison visa I lived there for seven years and returned to Ireland READ MORE

Tax the Rich (IrishCentral)

Thu, 01 Sep 2011 07:50:15 PDT

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THE suggestion by billionaire Warren Buffet that the "mega-rich" pay more taxes should be taken up in Ireland and, indeed, across the globe.

Time is precious - taking stock and giving thanks for what we've got (IrishCentral)

Tue, 30 Aug 2011 05:45:06 PDT

Pirate enjoying Abbey Hill on the Burren with Galway Bay behind My sister in law’s mother died suddenly on Thursday She was elderly, but just not the person you would expect to vanish so unexpectedlyPeggy was part of the furniture I thought the best compliment you could wish for came from her daughter READ MORE