Merging USC with PRSI will be a huge challenge

Tax is tax. Does it really matter whether it is in the form of income tax, or USC, or PRSI, asks Brian Keegan

Either way, it is a cumulative chunk taken from people’s pay, or paid with the self-employed return-of-income every November.

So, last week’s Cabinet decision to form a working group to merge PRSI and USC will, for many people, seem to be of little consequence.