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Ireland plans 6.25 per cent patent-box tax as `Double Irish’ ends

  • 20-10-2015 7:57am
    #1
    edward2222
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 116 ✭✭


    Credit to: Offshore News : Ireland plans 6.25 per cent patent-box tax as `Double Irish’ ends
    Ireland will introduce a new lower tax on intellectual property to keep and win more overseas investment as the government phases out a controversial loophole known as the “Double Irish.”, reports Bloomberg.

    The new knowledge development box will tax profits from patented innovations such as technological and pharmaceutical developments at 6.25 per cent, Finance Minister Michael Noonan said in parliament in Dublin on Tuesday. That’s lower than the standard company tax levy of 12.5 per cent.

    The move aims to keep Ireland attractive for US companies as it phases out tax shelters that have been used by companies from Google Inc. to LinkedIn Corp. by 2020. Ireland has come under fire in the past for its tax treatment of multi-nationals, with the European Commission close to concluding an investigation into its arrangements with Apple Inc.

    The patent box would compete with similar benefits offered by countries such as the UK and the Netherlands and be the first to meet new standards proposed by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development this month, according to Noonan. The UK’s patent box rate is 10 per cent.

    This is good news for overseas investors


Comments

  • #2
    adrianw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 236 ✭✭adrianw


    Hi Edward,

    Why just overseas investors? It's good news for anyone who carries out R&D.


  • #3
    edward2222
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 116 ✭✭edward2222


    adrianw wrote: »
    Hi Edward,

    Why just overseas investors? It's good news for anyone who carries out R&D.

    Yup! It's good news for anyone who carries out R&D, it's actually a good news for everyone.
    but I think overseas investors are the one who will be much happier in this news ;)


  • #4
    DmanDmythDledge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 890 ✭✭✭DmanDmythDledge


    Overseas investors are certainly those targeted with this new rate of CT.


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