MEPs to grill Michael Noonan on tax deals

Ireland still offers unfair tax deals to multinationals despite its claims of being fair and open, Alain Lamassoure, the head of the European Parliament’s tax committee has said.

His allegation comes as the European Commission announces it wants every member state to agree to adopt the same rules to assess each company’s tax liability, though it will not suggest adopting the same tax rate.

Mr Lamassoure leads a delegation to Dublin today to meet Finance Minister Michael Noonan as part of the parliament’s investigation into special tax deals with big companies following the LuxLeaks revelations.