Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe has upgraded his growth and budget surplus forecasts for this year but has warned that Corporation Tax receipts are set to fall by up to €2bn.

Banking customers could be hit with higher fees, increased mortgage rates, or lower deposit rates if bailed out banks are forced to start repaying taxes, a report warns.

While this Grexit is to be welcomed, Athens remains in thrall to its European creditors, who have failed to put the Greek economy on a sustainable footing, says Paul Wallace

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has urged the Government not to cut taxes in future Budgets.

Ireland continues to have one of the best rates of income distribution in the European Union.

Motorists are facing a whole new set of road charges to make up for the loss of revenue from taxes on petrol and diesel, as the gradual shift towards electric vehicles takes place.

Nearly 50 shops are vanishing every week from the UK high street and more will be forced out of business unless taxes are reformed to cover online retailers, experts have warned.

Raising taxes on petrol, diesel, and home-heating fuels, plus a complete ban on the burning of coal and peat, are urgently needed to help cut carbon emissions, the Climate Change Advisory Council has warned.

This week the Paradise Papers showed what lengths investors will go to minimise tax bills. 

There is only one way to deal with wayward banks — hit them where it hurts. 

A surge in new car sales and tobacco companies paying excise duty on cigarettes before plain packaging comes in has led to increased tax revenue for the Government.

Farmers and politicians in many of the EU member states believe the current dairy price downturn is being caused by over production in a few EU member states rather than global factors, and would like to see those countries reduce their supplies.

Latest: The Office of Public Works (OPW) said this afternoon that water levels on the River Shannon have started to fall or remained stable.

The earliest rounds in the general election campaign are being fought with the artillery of tax policy.

Marketing and taxes are among the biggest challenges facing Irish start-ups, whether they are based here or abroad, the Global Irish Economic Forum heard yesterday.

It has reported today that ESB employees do not have to pay the universal social charge on their company shares under an agreement with the Government.

Over the last months of 2013 and first few of this year, a degree of optimism has crept into the national psyche, as it finally seems we are emerging from the greatest economic depression in a generation.

Internal documents show women bear the brunt of cuts to the contributory pension payments, a fact known to the social protection minister, says Investigative Correspondent Conor Ryan.

Pension system must value the contribution of women and ensure they are not confined to poverty, says Alice Mary Higgins.

Women are bearing the brunt of changes to the State’s contributory pension scheme, according to internal department records.

I refer to Fergus Finlay’s recent column in your newspaper (Opinion, Feb 4).