Ireland the land of taxes and endless "fees"

An addiction by politicians, driven by the media that throwing more money at a problem is always the best thing to do

This is it. The last time I looked the public service pension liabilities were €150 billion and some.

no theres, no conclusive evidence to support Ireland is a high tax state, compared to comparable oecd nations

Ireland is high on taxation, but only corporation tax has been historically low. Thus people tend to think in general terms that Ireland is a low tax haven, but it isn't.

property prices are heavily influenced in major cities such as london due to speculation

I'm all for it. However the unions wouldn't go for it, and if they did Dublin salaries would be increased rather than country salaries decreasing, so the net spend would go up.

housing is completely fcuking things up, theres no question intel did not go with galway for further expansion due to it!

A couple of years ago or even every now and then Microsoft Ireland in Dublin is on some international hiring spree for their inside sales and support roles. Mainly they target individuals with foreign language skills and any kind of degree. In the end, they send some of them home, fired them, put them on some "do not rehire list" just because they were discontent with the housing situation in Dublin.

Intel, another example, they apparently want to invest in Magdeburg Germany for some new kind of chip production and research site.

The problem is, Ireland is getting unattractive, with this housing crisis. And then there is the attitude problem in Dublin against high rise construction. Buildings never getting built, or never approved because they are to high, and normal office blocks calling themselves high rise, but are in realty a tree stump.

And then Dublin airport, which isn't connected by any rail service to Dublin, - another rarity in any European city.

some interesting graphs, some out of date data though

we re definitely getting fcuked in regards returns, our critical social systems are fcuked!

Probably in the US. However people need to understand tax. A lot of people come out and say that they pay 52 percent tax when they don't. I'm assuming the poster is talking about the peak tax rate (ie 52% for Ireland) and is combining state and federal income taxes. A lot of states in the US particularly the midwest , the deep south and Vegas area have little to no state income tax. The peak rate could be lower than here but what's relevant is the actual percentage of cash / earned income that goes out to the taxation pot.

As an example:

I had a good year last year, just into six figures and my overall tax payment as a percentage of earned income was approx 34 percent. Now I make some pension contributions and pay BIK for a couple of things and everyone;s situation is different. But to pay 52% of your income in tax you'd need to be at or close to 500k.

To take further an example of my relative. She's in her early 40s with 2 children in their teens. Both have special needs. The father was convicted of abusing the children shortly after the second arrived. Therefore the dont have them option doesnt exist, as when you had them the situation was different.

She wants to work, but it doesnt pay her to do so. She gets carers payment, lone parent alllowance, hap, medical card, fuel allowance etc. Like I said above, you'd need to be earning at or above 40k to even consider it. With two special needs kids - one autistic and one physically disabled - you'd also need to think about a carer while she would be at work unless she could work the hours around school.

That's a wrong situation, it should always pay to get a job. It should never be better to be on benefits. Of course she's not going to give up the money and take a large pay cut, that wouldnt be prudent, but on the whole that system needs to change. Especially for folks not on carers, pension, sick/disabled,- folks on normal JSA should be time barred.

Well, someone has to pay Leo and Michael's wages and whoever's in power at the moment.

You keep voting for center-right parties, that's why. And then you moan that "X isn't a centre-right party!". Yeah, in the same way Bertie Ahearn was a socialist.

It's not the taxes and fees y'all should be worred about it's where the money is going that's the real crime. The poor level/complete lack of them, but oh yeah - "X is a centre-left party" so they're investing all the money in public services, then, yeah?

The USA, fact check it if you want. I earn far more here than ever in Ireland. I pay myself as a contractor and also do my business returns. Everything is above board. Yet I have more in my pocket personally and in business than I ever had in Ireland.

i think you should really explore any statement that Ireland isn’t a high tax country, a little more.

The County Councils stopped collecting the bins because people wouldn’t pay the bin charges . Now householders are at the mercy of a small number of private collectors .