Workers on €15,300 to start paying income tax

LOW earners on as little as €15,300 a year will start paying income tax in a savage shake-up of the revenue system.

The tax base is to be widened with relief on pensions’ savings slashed over the next three years as the Government tries to take in an extra €1.9 billion.

Workers will be hit with two-thirds of the reforms next year as Ireland attempts to move one rung from the bottom of the EU tax ladder.