Tax breaks for amateur sports - A red-card idea

IT is not so long ago that the idea that returning emigrants be given a short-term tax break to help them re-establish themselves in the country was guffawed out of court.

The idea was progressive, generous, and no more skewed than myriad well-established tax concessions.

It combined good social policy with a spirit of generosity not always evident to those who need a brief respite from the rigours of our tax system.