Budget 2026

antimatterx · 04-10-2025 11:38AM #1

Budget takes place on Tuesday.

The rumours are no income tax cuts, government bow to hospitality lobbiests and will cut vat.

zell12 · 04-10-2025 11:42AM

Which ones will I pick?

893bet · 04-10-2025 11:48AM

there will be an income tax cut or a band increase. Kit flying now is only so they row back on it as if “listened to the people”.

purifol0 · 04-10-2025 11:49AM

We had this exact same thread last night.

Whats the point of writing a well though out comment, when mods will just nuke the thread without notice?

Kermit.de.frog · 04-10-2025 02:27PM

I think the government need to reign in spending so I don't mind no tax cuts this time around. I'm also happy they are not repeating the one off payments to the population of recent years. Last year the government threw away 2 billion in one off payments to the general public. At least with the Children's Hospital you get an end product. What a reckless waste of our money.

What I want to see in return for no personal tax cuts is the government sticking to their budget. Year after year we are seeing billions in extra spending on departments beyond what they are allocated. The warning signs are flashing everywhere. We can't rely on windfall reciepts to keep the show on the road.

I just want to see sensible management of the public finances so we don't end up reliant on the kindness of strangers like in 2010 ever again.

Idbatterim · 04-10-2025 03:02PM

Scrap the Christmas welfare bonus. No hikes to any unemployment assistance. There is over a ten billion surplus this year and their not even indexing the bands to match inflation? A direct contradiction of fg election manifesto, on page 18 if any one is bothered looking for it...

Idbatterim · 04-10-2025 03:04PM

I don't really agree. It's Gone out of control again and honestly, it probably needs another crash and total review of the insanity of our spend, this will not happen without a downturn or crash... they learned nothing from nearly 18 years ago..

This time, let Europe dictate permanent hard line figures on spending etc, that can't be breached...

smurf492 · 04-10-2025 03:05PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123876572#Comment_123876572

Can someone explain why the previous thread was deleted

MrMusician18 · 04-10-2025 03:11PM

Disgraceful that they look like they are going to go ahead with the insane vat cut for hospitality while refusing to adjust the tax bands at least in line with inflation

Jim_Hodge · 04-10-2025 03:17PM

Just like every other year, I think it's best to save the indignation until there are facts to delve into. Complaining about rumour or kite flying seems to make no sense at all.

Idbatterim · 04-10-2025 03:49PM

It's not kite flying when it's from the minister for finance mouth... cut the welfare Christmas bonus and long term unemployed payments, use that towards indexing the bands .. .

Kermit.de.frog · 04-10-2025 05:22PM

It looks like they will be putting up unemployed welfare rates at a time of "full employment". It makes no sense. It's not going to incentivise the tiny percentage of the able-bodied long term unemployed many of whom have zero excuse to be long term on the dole. They are basically upping pay for those who refuse to work.

At the same time they aren't doing anything with the tax bands. I agree with this but it should be equitable. No change in tax bands for workers should mean no increase in unemployment benefit.

We seem to have a habit of doing things arseways. Workers take a hit and the long term unemployed get a raise.

purifol0 · 04-10-2025 05:27PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123877150#Comment_123877150

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058425980/no-tax-package-for-payee-workers-budget-2026

*poof* with no mod explanation. And they wonder why the site is dying as they go out of their way to kill it

harryharry25 · 04-10-2025 05:30PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123877336#Comment_123877336

According to all journlaists this is FGs idea and FF Ministers and TDs were not happy about it

Seems MM has bowed down to FG again

This is the same FG who in their manifesto promised a increase it tax bands.

Fann Linn · 04-10-2025 05:34PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123877761#Comment_123877761

The same FG who said they'd abolish USC? I don't know why anyone believes that shower.

harryharry25 · 04-10-2025 05:39PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123877779#Comment_123877779

All they do is seem to lie and the people who keep voting for them are either stupid for believing them or they couldn't care less about them lying. I expect itasthe latter

RobbingBandit · 04-10-2025 06:03PM

There's serving and former ministers getting multiple pensions how much money will be spent on the three horse race election coming up.

The crooked Children's Hospital construction debacle and the OPW will probably do a repaint of their vans.

Just like South Park the money was there AND IT'S GONE, IT'S ALL GONE!!!

gameoverdude · 04-10-2025 06:35PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123877172#Comment_123877172

The amount of places I saw with notices saying due to the vat increase we have to increase prices…eh, who pays for vat? Not the establishment! We pay!

Guarantee you, restaurants and pubs, will increase prices at the same time.

Just like that farce of mup.

Allinall · 04-10-2025 07:03PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123878127#Comment_123878127

Don’t include me in that “we”.

Unlike income tax, you have a choice whether to pay VAT or not.

On discressionary spending like restaurants, I choose not to.

Idbatterim · 04-10-2025 07:09PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123877802#Comment_123877802

This is the obvious problem. They feel they can do this ahd have no consequence, because there have no political competition. There is no one who gives a toss about the worker or economic prudence... as long as this is the case, we're screwed. There is one alternative, you vote sf etc, to see what happens , it would force ffg to change. Best or worst case scenario, make your own mind up, the entire **** comes crashing down and reform is implemented again. Because that is what is needed... older generations are comfortable, clueless to reality for younger people and won't rock the boat. Ffg understandably try scaremonger about sf, but at this point, many younger people could rightlyfully say, screw it, I've nothing left to lose... the next election will be fascinating...

Idbatterim · 04-10-2025 07:10PM

Shows you the power of lobbying, fcuk several million workers. Let's financially assist, an industry that frankly, isn't important...

Allinall · 04-10-2025 07:13PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123878255#Comment_123878255

Don’t kid yourself that the younger generation aren’t well off.

They’ve never had it better.

Have a look at pubs, restaurants, airlines, drug dealers etc.

All about priorities.

Idbatterim · 04-10-2025 07:18PM

Are the parents funding this though or their living at home... because the pay their on, given the cost of loving, is very, very low…

combat14 · 04-10-2025 07:28PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123878277#Comment_123878277

couldnt be more wrong - how would you solve the country's problems - tax workers to the hilt and continue to squander the states resources?

Jim_Hodge · 04-10-2025 07:29PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123878055#Comment_123878055

Yes, any old excuse to blame immigrants. It's incredible how racism blames everything on everybody else and maintains only immigrants pull from the public purse.

combat14 · 04-10-2025 07:39PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123878340#Comment_123878340

we all know that money is being squandered in this country left, right and centre

why should hard working citizens suffer real term tax rises

Idbatterim · 04-10-2025 07:58PM

When the **** hits the fan, I can see there being more anger, than the last collapse. The obscene spending and waste, is relatively worse this time. Government spending has risen 50% in 5 years, an obscene amount. What is there to show for it ?