BUDGET 2008 - 2009

is this a case of good news first to lure the opposition to sleep then bam!

10 euro departure travel tax.
2 euro for short trips

Reduced amount of tax relief on pension - at last. A lot of people used it for massive tax relief.

10 euro per flight

standard rate tax bands up by 1K for single 2K for married

Interest relief on mortages going down from 1st Jan. One for the developers.

zakalwe wrote:

is this a case of good news first to lure the opposition to sleep then bam!

There could be a biggy yet.

Corpo tax not for changing upwards.

cactus flower wrote:

Interest relief on mortages going down from 1st Jan. One for the developers.

up for ftb. down for others. ??

Corporation tax - will not be increased from 12.5%

remission from corpo and cgt for first 3 years of new business

100% income tax for members of Libertas That's a joke btw

levy on cgt for commercial property

Capital Gains on commercial property will be changed - top rate to be cut from 9-6 this will not go lower than 6%
Will be paid for with increase in other capital gains.

Carer's benefit and carer's allowance is to go up by E6.50 per week.
A reduction in the number of State agencies by 41 and there will also be a reduction in the number of army barracks

Flat rate levy on employer car parking of 5% who will pay that?

New tax incentive to relocate industry from urban areas - developer friendly move

Local Authority revenue - charge on second homes - non resident dwellings 200 € per house - private rented (will just push rents up) and holiday homes.

speaking Irish now, haven't a clue. Going for coffee.

4% motor tax increase on cars over 2.5 litres and 5% on those above:
A REAL TRIUMPH FOR THE GREEN PARTY - THE PLANET IS SAVED

ITS ALL THE FAULT OF THE GLOBAL CRISIS !!!!

cactus flower wrote:

TheBear wrote:

cactus flower wrote:

cactus flower wrote:

10% cut in pay for Government Members.

Bloody levy on the lot of us.

Levy? (Can't listen to anything in work, so I'm counting on you guys!)

Levy is an additional tax .."temporary".

It may not help, but the oireachtas live webcast has subtitles...

Oh, that does help.

I was wondering why the levy wasn't just called a tax.

By the way, KPMG have people doing a ticker type page, updating every minute or two.

A CALL TO PATRIOTIC ACTION !!!!

STANDING OVATION FROM ZFF

Child Benefit to end for 18 year olds. That's an incentive for parents not to put their children through Transition year

TheBear wrote:

cactus flower wrote:

TheBear wrote:

cactus flower wrote:

cactus flower wrote:

10% cut in pay for Government Members.

Bloody levy on the lot of us.

Levy? (Can't listen to anything in work, so I'm counting on you guys!)

Levy is an additional tax .."temporary".

It may not help, but the oireachtas live webcast has subtitles...

Oh, that does help.

I was wondering why the levy wasn't just called a tax.

By the way, KPMG have people doing a ticker type page, updating every minute or two.

*hmphh. Now she tells us*

SeathrúnCeitinn wrote:

Child Benefit to end for 18 year olds. That's an incentive for parents not to put their children through Transition year

Or maybe not to finish school for some.