The owners of a prime riverside site in Cork have been given three months to deal with a vast rubble mound left following the demolition of a landmark office block.

Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe should keep the low 9% Vat rate for small service providers, such as hairdressers and cafe owners, and introduce a tax credit to help shops build out websites to compete with large online retailers, industry group Retail Ireland has said.

The top 10% of earners in Ireland took home a third of all income in 2016, while the bottom 50% of earners took home just one fifth.

Senior gardaí have refused to say if five secret bank accounts linked to the Garda college financial scandal are tax-compliant — two weeks after being ordered to clarify the issue.

More than 3,000 retailers are calling on the Government not to increase tax on tobacco products amid concerns that would further fuel ever-increasing smuggling.

Around 5000 calls per day are being made to a special Revenue Commissioner phoneline dealing with property tax queries.

The Revenue Commissioner has said more than 1.52 million households have so far filed Property Tax returns.

The Department of Transport has been accused of failing to hand over key documents to the Public Accounts Committee while under investigation for its handling of a flawed and costly legal battle.

Finance Minister Michael Noonan has confirmed that six staff at the National Treasury Management Agency shared bonus payments of €43,000 last year.

One of the most bitter, personalised and expensive corporate fiascoes in Irish sport will be picked apart in an Oireachtas hearing today.

A retired garda working as a private investigator for Quinn Insurance has admitted asking his daughter-in-law, a former Revenue Commissioners employee, to look up files of people who had claims against the insurer.

JUST one of the nine A samples taken from horses on the domestic circuit that tested positive for a banned substance has been confirmed by a B sample positive, according to ShowjumpingIreland.

THE gang operating a sophisticated diesel laundering plant uncovered by customs and gardaí in Meath yesterday were making a profit of close to €100,000 a week, according to informed sources.

MAYO’S Dublin supporters’ club has rejected notions of financial impropriety.

The High Court extended protection to the troubled McInerney building group until November 2.

VAT is to be added to State-owned toll roads from July 1.

The Revenue Commissioner received settlements totalling €24.2m from tax defaulters in the three months to September, it was revealed this afternoon.

Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan may opt this afternoon for an income levy in his hairshirt Budget instead of upping the 41% top tax rate, according to a leading economic expert.

HEALTH authorities have called for a 10% increase in tax on beer, spirits and wine in next month’s budget, after a report showed we are the third biggest consumers of alcohol in Europe.

GREEN PARTY leader Trevor Sargent yesterday ruled out his party entering into a coalition arrangement with Fianna Fáil, as it is currently constituted, after the next election.

THE recently published Revenue Commissioner’s analysis for 2002 shows that the top 400 earners in the State, who each earned in excess of €1m, paid an average tax rate of 24.4% and that 43 of these paid less than 5% in tax.

The Revenue Commissioner is preparing to seek a High Court Order to force a major life assurance company to reveal the names of customers suspected of using policies to evade tax.

The Turkish construction firm Gama was today granted a temporary injunction to prevent the publication of a Labour Inspectorate report into the treatment of its workers.

A lesbian couple were granted leave today to challenge the Government in the courts for refusing to recognise their same-sex marriage.

DELAYS in filing tax returns on the Revenue Commissioners’ online service has cost business a minimum of €3 million, according to the Institute of Certified Public Accountants.