Ireland is a tax pirate stealing the base from other nations, says Dutch MEP

Ireland is a “tax pirate” and is “stealing” the tax base from other countries, a leading EU MEP says.

Dutch MEP Paul Tang, a rapporteur on European tax policy, appeared before the Oireachtas finance committee and said Ireland has not taken into account the impact its corporate tax rate has on its European partners

He described countries like Ireland and Luxembourg as “tax pirates” because of tax measures taken to attract multinational companies: “A small country like Ireland has more foreign investment than Germany or France — that’s weird.”