Uncanny.
Dr Bunsen Honeydew Junior jobs Minister Gerald Nash on RTÉ 1’s Prime Time last night.
Pic: Bláithín McLoughlin
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Tag Archives: Budget 2015
Karl Monaghan
Budget 2015.
Does it suit YOU?
Karl’s Budget 2015 calculator (powered by TaxCalc.ie) now includes all of this afternoon’s data.
The calculator handles the following changes:
- USC rates changed
- Incomes of €12,012 or less are exempt
- €0 to €12,012 @ 1.5%
- €12,013 to €17,576 @ 3.5%
- €17,577 to €70,044 @ 7%
- €70,044 to €100,000 @8%
- PAYE income in excess of €100,000 @ 8%
- Self-employed income in excess of €100,000 @ 11%
- Standard rate band of income tax increased by €1,000 from €32,800 to €33,800 for single individuals and from €41,800 to €42,800 for married one earner couples.
- Top rate of income tax dropped from 41% to 40%
- Extra €5 a month per child for Child Benefits
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In case you’re wondering how the numbers are checked, they’re tested against the Department of Finance’s Budget Documents.
Stop that.
Finance Minister Michael Noonan at Government Buildings this afternoon admiring the more streamlined stiletto for women this season.
Or reminiscing about VAT on children’s shoes.
We may never know.
(Leon Farrell/Photocall Ireland)
The electronics department at Arnott’s, Dublin (top) and Michael Noonan (above), Minister for Finance in the Dáil this afternoon.
– Child Benefit to rise €5 per child
– New 8% USC rate for those earning over €70,000
– Entry point for USC raised to above €12,000
– Water Charges Relief “worth up to” €100
– Income tax relief on water charges “up to max” of €500
– 41% Income Tax rate reduced to 40%
– Price of 20 cigarettes to rise by 40c from midnight
– 9% VAT rate to stay
– ‘Double Irish’* tax arrangement to be abolished
More as he delivers it.
*Will not affect existing companies availing of the Double Irish until 2020.
Brendan Howlin (top), Minister for Public Expenditure and Michael Noonan, (above) Minister for Finance, outside the Department of Finance this morning ahead of Budget 2015. Plus a video from MerrionStreet.ie explaining their twin strategy.
It’s going to be the best budget ever.
(Sam Boal/Photocall Ireland)