Taxes will need to be raised in order to fund spending, ESRI warns
Across the board. The Economic and Social Research Institute has said that “sizeable” tax increases will be needed to fund public services in the years to come. In a new report published on Thursday, the think-tank said future spending pressures combined with potential declines in corporation and motor tax receipts meant that higher taxes were […]
5 years ago
Here’s how much money the Irish government is making through environmental taxes
It pays to go green. The Central Statistics Office (CSO) on Wednesday released data on how much tax revenue the Irish government is taking in through environmental taxes. Last year, the Irish public paid €5.2billion in environmental taxes. The figure represents the highest level of environmental tax revenue yet recorded. According to the CSO, “Energy […]
8 years ago
Bill Gates: ‘If a robot takes your job, then it should pay taxes’
One of the world’s most technologically-minded (not to mention richest) people thinks that robots should be taxed just like their human counterparts. The co-founder of Microsoft believes that if a robot replaces a human in doing a job, then that robot should be taxed at a similar level, with those taxes then being pumped forward […]
9 years ago