They led, for example, to the financial crash. The commission recommended that the overall yield from wealth and capital taxes, including property, land, capital acquisition and capital gains taxes, should increase materially as a proportion of overall tax revenues. Herein lies our issue with the Bill.
We agree … property taxes as a consequence of rising property prices. We absolutely get the point. While the ability to pay must always be at the forefront of any tax raising system, it is clear that this country does poorly in terms of taxes on fixed assets and capital
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hike up rents. These are large landlords that have already got sweetheart tax breaks on their rent roll and on their capital gains tax liability. Fianna Fáil on the side of the big boys: who would have thought it? Tá plean ann chun cíosanna ró-arda a ardú
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Pearse Doherty
Written
Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance to provide in tabular form the total amount of capital gains tax paid by credit servicing firms and special purpose vehicles holding specified mortgages each year since 2010, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement
Cian O'Callaghan
Written
Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Finance the rational for the discrepancy between the rate of capital gains tax and the taxation rates on gains made from exchange-traded funds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32474/25
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