Corporate tax ‘safe’ in spite of Emmanuel Macron’s victory in France

The Government has downplayed the possibility of a fresh attack on Ireland’s corporate tax rate following the election of Emmanuel Macron in France.

Ahead of the elections, the French president-elect said the gap in tax rates across the EU would have to be tackled and explicitly mentioned Ireland.

“As for Ireland, we do know today that that’s the bias for a lot of corporations, that it’s bias for a lot of sectors and especially the digital sectors,” Mr Macron told RTÉ news recently.