Impact of Emergency Budget 2009?
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Not going to happenWellllllllllllllll you give give up the fags and save yourself a fortune????
I was in Germany recently and the cost of my usual brand was practically half what I was paying here pre-budget
caminowebmaster
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On the cigs - I am off to Prague soon for a few days, that will look after the fags for a few months - and then back there to get married in Sep, then for xmas - €2 for a pack
On the tax take - I have been muttering for the last few years that the tax payable in Ireland was far too low if the country really did want to invest in services - this budget will affect me little - but some clients are going down, that has been coming for a while.
On the tax take - I have been muttering for the last few years that the tax payable in Ireland was far too low if the country really did want to invest in services - this budget will affect me little - but some clients are going down, that has been coming for a while.
Ya we're about par with Sweden now when it comes to the tax, the thing is we don't have the same services AT ALL, i.e. 18 months maternity paternity leave that kinda thing. If I was paying that tax I'd expect better facilities not sure if they can afford to invest in those facilities and infrastructure with the increases they'll get??
And what would be your usual brand ? Out of curiousity *cough* ...
Would 18 months paternity leave be an employer cost and nothing to do with increased taxes?
Do we pay higher taxes because of the low corporation tax?
Is the low corporation tax still effective?
I didn't see anything extreme in the budget. But I was surprised that the mortgage interest relief was going to be abolished in time. It probably won't affect me but people who do buy their own houses do at least remove themselves from the "strain" of having the government house them (whether or not the government should house people is another matter!) - so whats wrong with not paying tax on the interest on the mortgage?
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