Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 8 February 2023
Committee on Budgetary Oversight
Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed)
Mr. Ian Talbot:
We talked about it before we came in, if we were asked. We have no particular comment about it. The most important thing for businesses is certainty, to be able to plan ahead, set budgets, targets, pricings and strategies and to understand where they need raw materials to be bought in, services or training and that they can plan for it. That is the most important thing. Businesses need to plan over more than the budget horizon. We argue about it in the newspapers in September, we announce it in October, the finance Bill is in November and you have your payroll in January.
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