Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 8 October 2025

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment

Competitiveness and the Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed)

2:00 am

Mr. Ian Talbot:

There is no easy answer to that. Not directly. One of things about the tax law and tax structure - we have made this point separately - is that tax law is incredibly complex now. We have had about 9,500 pages of direct legislation since the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 came into force, plus Revenue has a whole block of additional guidance, interpretations and so on. It is a nightmare for companies to actually understand exactly what their tax obligations are at times.

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