The focus on tax policy over the years has changed. From the 1980s, the favoured sector was property, with tax breaks for purchases, investments, and sales in the form of things like mortgage interest relief, preferential rates of stamp duty, allowances against rental income and capital gains tax exemptions.

The beautiful game has had some ugly tax wrangles, writes Brian Keegan

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

There was no shortage of tax developments this year, some good and some bad, writes

They pay more but self-employed must still comply, writes Brian Keegan

It’s not just politicians, business groups, unions and individual taxpayers who lobby government for tax changes. Government agencies and semi-state bodies also have a tilt at the Minister for Finance in the run-up to a Budget.

A tax on robots is a tax on the business that invested in them, writes Brian Keegan

A host of measures to allow workers manage their tax bill, writes Brian Keegan.