Charity tax break system ‘favours the wealthy’

A TAX break that favours rich charity givers by €18 million a year should be extended to everyone, a TD insisted last night.

Labour’s Ciarán Lynch said PAYE employees are being discriminated against because they cannot claim relief on donations, like self-assessed givers and big business can.

Mr Lynch warned the system is skewed towards benefiting the wealthy over ordinary workers and could be depriving good causes of extra cash.