International tax solidarity - Tax laws help drive social justice gap

LATE last week Taoiseach Enda Kenny said Ireland remains opposed to the idea of a common consolidated corporate tax base. 

International tax solidarity - Tax laws help drive social justice gap

Responding to questions on the latest European Commission attempt to end corporate tax avoidance Mr Kenny conceded that “we are prepared to engage constructively with the EC on any new proposal unveiled”.

Whether that engagement concludes with Ireland playing its part in establishing and enforcing effective cross-border tax disciplines or a return to something close to the free booting that earned us the unwelcome wild-west-of-European-finance label remains to be seen.

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