Extending tax band ‘would not help low earners’

A ORGANISATION campaigning for a fairer society yesterday warned that widening the tax band for low income earners in the next Budget would achieve nothing.

The CORI Justice Commission said widening the 20% tax band would be of no benefit to anyone earning less than €28,000 a year, despite other interest groups lobbying the Government to take this option.

“Instead the Government should use the money available for tax reduction by giving low income earners more tax credits,” CORI Justice Commission director Fr Sean Healy said.