The issue of corporation tax for Northern Ireland has emerged once more. It looks like this Cabinet is more in favour of the concept than the last one. But how committed are MLAs, asks bobballs.
Owen Paterson is saying again today that the Assembly should take up tax varying powers and settle discussion over Corporation Tax themselves.
Mr Paterson said: “The basic facts are, if we can get this through, and we’ve got to persuade the Treasury and we’ve got to persuade the European Commission, so we have got quite a long way to go on this, but bluntly, we won’t get there if we don’t have enthusiasm from Northern Ireland.”
Tag Archive: corporation tax
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25
Corporation tax – what will they do?
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06
Corporation tax win?
The Northern Ireland Secretary has said the British government is examining ways to change corporation tax levels in Northern Ireland to attract new investment. via RTÉ News: Plans to change NI corporation tax levels. Will check this up later…
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