SIPTU: Top earners won’t be hit with higher taxes

TOP earners will not be hit with higher taxes under the new tax recommendations, the vice-president of SIPTU has warned.

The Commission on Taxation report, which recommends a range of new taxes, including a property tax, carbon taxes, water charges and the taxing of child benefit payments is, according to Brendan Hayes, “unfair”.

Mr Hayes, a member of the commission who declined to sign the final report because of “serious reservations”, said people earning more than €200,000 would not have to pay any more tax.