Kieran Coughlan: New insight into direction of Irish tax policy

The Tax Strategy Group has released its 2014 Budget recommendations.

This tax committee is made of senior officials and advisors from the Departments of Finance; the Taoiseach; Public Expenditure and Reform; Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation; Social Protection; and the Revenue Commissioners, with the purpose of proposing and considering the various options for the Budget and for the medium and longer term.

Reviewing the working papers of the TSG gives a useful insight into the direction in which tax policy in Ireland is heading.