Assurances needed that new corporate tax rate would not change, says Varadkar

Any global minimum corporate tax rate must not change and be implemented by all countries signing up to it, if Ireland is to sign up to it, Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has said.

Speaking in Washington DC as he addressed the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Mr Varadkar said it will be a sovereign decision of Ireland to decide what happens.

Meanwhile, the Tánaiste said any global minimum corporate tax rate must not change and be implemented by all countries signing up to it, if Ireland is to sign up to it.

Speaking in Washington DC as he addressed the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Mr Varadkar said it will be a sovereign decision of Ireland to decide what happens.