Little people pay the price as big businesses avoid their fair share

ENDA Kenny started his trip to the US this week with a tongue-lashing from a Boston cardinal and concluded it with the US Senate deriding the country as a tax haven.

An explosive Senate report into Apple’s byzantine tax affairs doesn’t pull any punches, bluntly stating, “Ireland has essentially functioned as a tax haven for Apple, providing it with minimal tax rates approaching zero”.

Outraged members of the Government have denied the country operates as a tax haven, but the figures tell a different story.