Proposed budget tax cuts ‘profoundly unfair’

The majority of tax cuts being considered by Government as part of next Tuesday’s budget are “profoundly unfair” and would be of no benefit to the most vulnerable members of society, according to an independent think tank.

In a pre-budget evaluation of proposed taxation measures Social Justice Ireland criticised a range of measures suggested by various members of Government over the past months.

Among the suggestions it wants the Government to abandon are cuts to the top rate of tax and reducing the 7% USC rate.